USA/FILE: Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams talk about their new atypical romance film "Her"

Record ID: 862566

  • Title: USA/FILE: Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams talk about their new atypical romance film "Her"
  • Date: 9th December 2013
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 09, 2013) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) JOAQUIN PHOENIX, ACTOR, SAYING: "I was excited that it wasn't the typical love story. I thought it was interesting and unique. But it still felt that there was this great emotional center that you could grab onto. It wasn't too esoteric. It had these great big ideas and themes to explore, but it still felt like it was totally accessible. And it's rare to get film like that and to have somebody - a director like Spike who you feel certain can pull off these big ideas and still manage to make it feel grounded and accessible."
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  • Story Text: The traditional romance film gets revamped in director and writer Spike Jonze's new film "Her."
    The atypical love story set in the "slight future" stars Joaquin Phoenix as a lonely man fresh from divorce and Scarlett Johansson as Samantha, the voice of an operating system, who Phoenix's character falls in love with.
    For Adams and Phoenix the unconventional story was refreshing.

    "I was excited that it wasn't the typical love story. I thought it was interesting and unique. But it still felt that there was this great emotional center that you could grab on to. It wasn't too esoteric. It had these great big ideas and themes to explore, but it still felt like it was totally accessible. And it's rare to get film like that and to have somebody - a director like Spike who you feel certain can pull off these big ideas and still manage to make it feel grounded and accessible," said Phoenix.

    "I loved the relationships that Spike developed in the movie and how each of them were so specific and that it was a story that was so much bigger than a love story. It was just a story about the human experience," added Adams.
    And that connection Jonze created was felt on and off screen joked Adams.

    "I always felt like when you guys were having a conversation I always felt like I shouldn't be around," she said referring to Jonze and Phoenix's on set relationship.

    "Well we didn't want you around us at all, so that's actually why," Phoenix joked.

    "Well good. I'm glad that my social senses were tuned in correctly," she quickly replied.
    Johansson never physically appears on screen, which Phoenix imagined as a tougher role.

    "I love wardrobe and I love props. And I love the environment and I'm going to be able to react off of those things. And to just be in a recording booth and try to generate that emotion is very difficult. So I always thought that she had the harder job," said the actor. Johansson recorded most of her scenes from a sound booth on-set.

    "But you know, you want the most beautiful person on the screen, so," he added.

    "Her" is already starting to pick up awards, it won the National Board of Review award for best picture and director.
    The film will be released wide on December 18th.
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