charliebewley - Like Crazy

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Like Crazy came together immediately after last year’s festival. “We got back from Sundance with Douchebag and Drake was getting interest from studios, but he wanted to make a very personal movie,” Schwartz says. “The first outline was done on March 10.” Schwartz and Yelchin had been looking to do a project together, and the Star Trek actor came on board fast after meeting Doremus. The Like Crazy shoot wrapped in June so that Yelchin could move on to Dreamworks’ Fright Night. Brennan delivered a British actress quickly to play opposite Yelchin. Jones was cast over the phone from London after she taped several scenes of the script for Doremus. Lawrence met the filmmakers at last year’s fest, and agreed to play the film’s third lead.

The story of a relationship between two young people (beautifully played by Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones) that spans two continents and a number of years, "Like Crazy" brings a compelling intimacy and heart-stopping delicacy to showing the push and pull of love, longing and regret. "Pure-hearted, emotionally involving films are what's capturing my heart right now," Doremus says about his switch in tone. "It's all about capturing that emotional truth."

Like Crazy is a film from and about the heart. Jacob, an American, and Anna, who is British, meet at college in Los Angeles and fall madly in love. It’s the purest kind of romance—they’re each other’s first significant attachment. When Anna returns to London, the couple is forced into a long-distance relationship. Their perfect love is tested, and youth, trust, and geography become their biggest enemies.
Taking a complete tonal departure from his last film, Douchebag, which screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, cowriter/director Drake Doremus poetically reveals the intimate details and daily struggles of Jacob and Anna’s love affair as it stretches between time and distance and changes course. Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones are enthralling in their sweetness and honesty as the young couple. An original, contemplative look at first love, Like Crazy strikes a universal chord as it explores the bittersweet beauty and impermanence of relationships.

Like Crazy hat sich direkt nach dem Festival im letzten Jahr gebildet. "Wir sind vom Festival mit Douchebag zurückgekommen und Drake hat einige Angebote von Studios bekommen, aber er wollte einen persönlichen Film drehen" sagt Schwartz. "Der erste Abriss war am 10. März fertig" Schwartz und Yelchin haben überlegt, ein Projekt zusammen durchzuführen, und der Star Trek Star war gleich nach dem Treffen mit Doremus dabei.
Das Drehen von Like Crazy war im Juni fertig, sodass Yelchin mit Dreamwork's Fright Night weitermachen konnte. Brennan fand schnell eine britische Schauspielerin, die das Gegenteil von Yelchin spielen konnte. Jones war gecasted worden, nachdem sie einige Szenen auf Band gesprochen hatte. Lawcrence hat die Crew beim letztjährigen Festival kennengelernt und zugesagt, die dritte Hauptrolle zu spielen.

Die Geschichte zeigt die Beziehung zwischen zwei jungen Menschen (toll gespielt von Anton Yelchin und und Felicity Jones), die sich über zwei Kontinente und mehrere Jahre erstreckt, damit bringt "Like Crazy" ein intimes Thema weiter, dass die verschiedenen Aspekte von Liebe aufzeigt. "Emotionale Filme, das ist, was mein Herz im Moment erfasst."
Doremus sagt "Es geht immer darum, die emotionale Wahrheit aufzunehmen."

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