I screened Nadine Labaki's WHERE DO WE GO NOW for the second time last night with my wife, Pam, and our house guest, Yi Wang from China. The two ladies laughed and cried throughout the entire movie. And I thoroughly enjoyed every scene even though I knew the story and film well.
WHERE DO WE GO NOW was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar in 2012, and a two-time winer at Cannes and People's Choice Award at Toronto.
Nadine is a self-taught, Lebanese filmmaker of incredible talent. She's also a beautiful and talented actor. She says: "I'm bored with my own personality. I want to do so many different things, be so many different people, and live so different lives....(filmmaking) is the only place where you can experiment with so many different natures...(without) people thinking you're crazy." Those are her words, but to me she's very comfortable being who she is, and she's very good at it.
Do buy a DVD or Bluray of WHERE DO WE GO NOW. Here is her DP/30 interview recorded in Hollywood as she waited to attend the 2012 Oscars.
