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Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'

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  • 2006
  • 30m
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Emotional History: The Making of 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being' (2006)
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Milan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable." Director Philip Kaufman and producer ... Read allMilan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable." Director Philip Kaufman and producer Saul Zaentz proved them wrong. Emotional History follows Kaufman and Zaentz as they enlist... Read allMilan Kundera's rambling novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, though greatly admired, was thought by Hollywood studio executives to be "unfilmable." Director Philip Kaufman and producer Saul Zaentz proved them wrong. Emotional History follows Kaufman and Zaentz as they enlist the help of screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière and legendary film editor Walter Murch to t... Read all

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      This documentary is featured on the Two-Disc Special Edition for The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), released in 2006.
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