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\n\tDespite recently obtaining his Polish citizenship, \u201cA Real Pain\u201d director Jesse Eisenberg is not thinking about leaving the U.S. anytime soon. Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where he is the recipient of this year\u2019s President\u2019s Award, the actor-turned-director said he feels a \u201cresponsibility\u201d to stay in New York City as his home country grapples with Trump\u2019s presidency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI am a very lucky American,\u201d he said. \u201cI have a nice life. My wife is a teacher, and she teaches a lot of students who are not as lucky as we are. I think we feel, if anything, a responsibility to stay in New York and help those who are struggling through a tougher period in American history. No, I\u2019m not going to leave because I don\u2019t like the politics of America. That seems a little silly, because my life is very good.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEisenberg\u2019s next directorial effort is the musical comedy \u201cThe Debut,\u201d starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti and scheduled to come out in the U.S. on Dec. 3, courtesy of A24. The first official trailer for the film came out last week, just a day after it was announced that the American film company had struck an AI research partnership with Google that will see the independent studio work with Google\u2019s DeepMind unit to develop new AI-powered technologies for filmmakers. Many disappointed film fans rushed to social media posts of the trailer to express their disappointment with the partnership and their refutal of AI interference in filmmaking \u2014 particularly artist-focused, independent filmmaking.<\/p>\n

\n\tAsked by Variety <\/em>how he felt about the unfortunate timing and if it might have affected him in any way, Eisenberg said he did not dwell on it as \u201cit doesn\u2019t have anything to do with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cA24 could not have been better about making our movie analog,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe movie takes place in the 1990s, with two stars who have been working forever and who are just brilliant in the movie. We shot on film, which is very rare, so the movie felt like a movie from the 90s, which was my era growing up and starting to watch independent movies. Our movie could not have been more analog.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe director emphasized how A24 \u201csaid yes\u201d to all his requests, from Moore and Giamatti to shooting on film and setting the story in the 90s. \u201cOur movie is the opposite of AI,\u201d he added. \u201cIt really doesn\u2019t affect our movie at all. A24 is a really smart studio. All I could say is that my interactions with them over the last five years have been the most artist-friendly. I\u2019ve never worked with a studio so closely, where every decision they make is about what would make the thing better. I\u2019m sure they\u2019re worried about economics, but never to me. It feels like winning the lottery to work at a company like that, where the only thing they seem to care about \u2014 and the only thing they ask from you \u2014 is to make the best possible version of your movie.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEnquired by Variety <\/em>as to whether it was different heading into \u201cThe Debut\u201d after having an Oscar-winning, critically acclaimed directorial project in \u201cA Real Pain\u201d versus directing a film after the poor critical reception and lukewarm box office of his directorial debut, \u201cWhen You Finished Saving the World,\u201d Eisenberg said he \u201cfelt more comfortable directing\u201d this time around.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cI didn\u2019t feel like there was any opposition,\u201d he went on. \u201cWith my second movie, \u2018A Real Pain,\u2019 I did feel a little bit like I had to prove myself even further. I noticed this thing [that] when actors are making their first films, there\u2019s this feeling that this person might be a genius. If that movie doesn\u2019t work, you\u2019re starting way below genius because now you\u2019re an actor who can\u2019t direct. When I was doing \u2018A Real Pain,\u2019 I was like: Now I\u2019m an actor who lost money for a studio. That was worse than starting out. The last movie I did feel a little more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe \u201cZombieland\u201d star also noted that circumstances \u2014 and, to a certain extent, the stakes \u2014 are slightly different for him as a writer-director. \u201cBecause I write scripts, it allows me to be the first person to get the job as a director. I feel if I write a good enough script, I can always direct it. For directors who don\u2019t write, it\u2019s tougher. If their movie doesn\u2019t work, they\u2019re not going to be the screenwriter\u2019s first choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEisenberg might be preparing to launch \u201cThe Debut,\u201d but the next big project in his life is something entirely different: he and his family are headed to Ukraine to conduct charitable work. \u201cMy wife teaches in New York City public schools. She teaches art and she\u2019s really wonderful with kids. We found a program called The Campfire Project through Jessica Hecht, a wonderful American actress, and she offered us the opportunity to go work with kids in a camp. My wife is going to teach, my kid is going to play with the kids, and I\u2019m going to be the videographer on my phone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur lives are so lucky,\u201d he said earnestly. \u201cIf we ever find an opportunity to help, of course we take it. We\u2019re not saving any lives, but it\u2019s nice to be able to go and help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Saturday, during a lengthy in-conversation event at the festival, Eisenberg spoke about not reprising his role as Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin\u2019s upcoming sequel to \u201cThe Social Network,\u201d \u201cThe Social Reckoning.\u201d \u201cAt the time, the movie seemed like such a strange thing to me because no one really knew who he was,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was interviewed on \u201860 Minutes,\u2019 which is our big news show, but otherwise he wasn\u2019t in the public a lot. I thought of it like an interesting character. And then he\u2019s become famous and now I don\u2019t want to do the movie [\u2026] I don\u2019t want to be associated with him anymore because I don\u2019t really like the comparison.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe Karlovy Vary Film Festival runs July 3-11.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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