ANOTHER EARTH -- Brit Marling Interview
Series: Behind the Scenes
From: Andrea Chase
Length: 00:16:09
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ANOTHER EARTH is a film that sets the synapses firing with its consideration of identity, reality, and redemption as it posits a reality where the sky is suddenly filled with a duplicate of our home planet. When I spoke with co-writer and co-star Brit Marling on July 14, 2011, the conversation reflected that as it flowed from the confluence of physics and metaphysics, the individual universes of perecption, and the synchronicity of the number four. A soft-spoken woman, Marling has an infectious sense of wonder when speaking of the malleable nature of reality, and the artistry of her collaborator, director and co-writer Mike Cahill.
There are two versions of the interview, the longer includes bonus material about the symbolic meaning of having Africa appear on the second Earth, and a parsing of the words "charity" and "reparation" when dealing with the aftereffects of imperialism on that continent.
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ANOTHER EARTH is a film that sets the synapses firing with its consideration of identity, reality, and redemption as it posits a reality where the sky is suddenly filled with a duplicate of our home planet. When I spoke with co-writer and co-star Brit Marling on July 14, 2011, the conversation reflected that as it flowed from the confluence of physics and metaphysics, the individual universes of perecption, and the synchronicity of the number four. A soft-spoken woman, Marling has an infectious sense of wonder when speaking of the malleable nature of reality, and the artistry of her collaborator, director and co-writer Mike Cahill.
There are two versions of the interview, the longer includes bonus material about the symbolic meaning of having Africa appear on the second Earth, and a parsing of the words "charity" and "reparation" when dealing with the aftereffects of imperialism on that continent.
Intro and Outro
INTRO:Andrea Chase takes you Behind the Scenes of ANOTHER EARTH with co-writer and co-star, Britt Marling. ANOTHER EARTH is a film about choices, redemption, and metaphysics. Set in a reality where a second Earth has suddenly appeared in the sky, Rhoda Williams, played by Marling. makes one tragic mistake when she looks at the new blue star in the sky while driving and accidentally kills the wife and son of John Burroughs, a music professor and composer. Four years later, after serving prison time she returns home still unnerved by the accident. She seeks out John, but loses her nerve when going to apologize and through a series of miscommunications, becomes his maid, and then his lifeline to the world he had shut himself away from. As the second earth comes closer, their relationship deepens, and the question comes up about what their counterparts on that other world are doing and if it’s the same as what is transpiring down here. The film co-stars William Mapother as John. Cahill directed from a script he co-wrote with Marling. They previously collaborated on the documentary, BOXERS AND BALLERINAS, about the eponymous artists as seen in Havana, Cuba and Miami, Florida.
OUTRO:Andrea Chase has taken you Behind the Scenes of ANOTHER EARTH with its co-writer and co-star, Brit Marling.
