Movie Mondays

Everything is Illuminated

Book, 2002 by Jonathan Safran Foer

With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man -- also named Jonathan Safran Foer -- sets out to find the woman who may or may not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war, an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior, and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English, Jonathan is led on a quixotic journey over a devastated landscape and into an unexpected past.

Movie, 2005 directed by Liev Schreiber

Features: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hütz

Tagline: Leave Normal Behind.




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Have you read the book or seen the movie?

I haven't read or seen it. I hadn't even heard of it until we picked one of his other books (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close) as a possible book club selection next year. I've read that he's a "love him or hate him" type author. He uses visual writing and stream of consciousness.