if 2006 movie holiday Being on your must-see holiday movie list is actually not Nancy Meyers’ intention.
The screenwriter and director recently revealed on the Internet hollywood gold medal The podcast said she “never thought of it as a holiday movie in my life.”
“I know it’s called holiday Because they were on vacation, but if it was summer, you could call it that,” she said, adding that after rewatching it the other day, she was “a little shocked at how much Christmas content there was in it.”
The romantic comedy stars Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black and the late Eli Wallach. The series tells the story of Amanda, a film trailer editor living in Los Angeles, and Iris, a journalist living in Surrey, England. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks over Christmas in hopes of forgetting their troubled love lives, but love finds them anyway.
“I never thought this would be a movie you watch on vacation. … I didn’t think so. I really wanted to tell these people’s stories,” Meyers explained. “I set it for Christmas because that would be lonely. As I said to myself when I rewatched it last night, they’re all damaged.
this it’s complicated The filmmaker noted that while she found Black’s character, Miles, “suffered the least amount of damage,” “they all suffered quite a bit.”
“The holidays seem like a good time to deal with these issues,” Meyers continued. “So that’s it, rather than, ‘Hey, I think I’ll make a holiday movie.'” Not at all.
although something has to give director’s intention, holiday Still found its place as a Christmas classic.
