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 Uma Thurman
Spotlight By: Andrea Tuccillo Uma Thurman has a zen-like calmness about her. Perhaps it’s her Buddhist upbringing (her father was a Buddhist scholar), or maybe it’s that she’s at peace with her film choices and her family life as of late. And why shouldn’t she be? The tall, blonde mother of two became ingrained in pop culture thanks to films like Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill, and currently stars in the wonderfully intricate The Life Before Her Eyes, directed by Vadim Perelman (The House of Sand and Fog). In it she plays Diana, the older incarnation of a rebellious teen played by Evan Rachel Wood. The adult Diana, now a responsible wife and mother, is consumed with guilt as the 15th anniversary of a tragic school shooting nears. The past and the present collide as Diana flashes back to the events leading up to that tragic day. Or is it really the younger Diana who is flashing forward? The film can have many interpretations and meanings, but for Thurman its themes were basic. “I think there’s a direct answer if you’re talking about the gimmick of the story, but I think why put it to that, why waste it on that,” she says. “I think it’s a beautiful reverie on being alive and sort of weirdly, on death, but more and more about being alive. I think the stuff that’s so strong in the film is the challenge of a character as a living person and how strongly we attach ourselves to life no matter how hard it is.” Thurman believes those hardships, as seen through the eyes of both the teenagers and the adults in the story, will resonate with a lot of people. “I think this is a movie that when people see it they will not forget it,” she says. “They will remember having seen it. One of the wonderful things I can’t help but think of when I watch the movie and read the script is that this movie has its life and it’s seen by people. There’ll be so many teenagers who will watch this movie and the conversations they’ll have as a result or the things they’ll reveal to their parents reacting to one piece or another of this movie could be really helpful because it’s sharing some stuff that’s kept quite private, sometimes.” In the film, Thurman’s Diana let her emotions seep through the surface of her seemingly ideal life. She’s near breakdown for the most part. “I think there’s something wonderfully cathartic about messing yourself up to find the right moment,” she says. “You dig deep inside yourself. When it’s over, it depends on the person. I usually feel exhausted and relief when it’s over.” Not only was Diana filled with remorse and haunted by past events, she also had to be a realistic mother who didn’t hide her feelings from her child. “I think people probably don’t have much of a choice; they have to be who they ... |
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