Last week, tableau participated in an exclusive conference call with Julie Taymor, Tony award-winning director of the new movie Across the Universe.
With a soundtrack composed wholly of Beatles' songs, Across the Universe reflects the politics, radicalism and free love of the 1960s. Perhaps most famous for directing The Lion King on Broadway, Taymor set out to tell the story of star-crossed lovers Jude and Lucy and the era that both defined them and tore them apart.
College journalists around the country posed questions to Taymor about everything from the cinematic techniques of the film to her experience growing up in the 60s.
Shelly: How will today's youth be affected by this film?
Entertainment can be not only fun and entertaining; it can cause discussion. I think the first thing is for people to start discussing what they've seen and what the differences [are] between the times in the 60s [and now]. And the war and how change was made; change was started by the youth movement. It's not just about the Iraq war; we have many issues that really need to be discussed openly and actively. So I think you begin with that.
Katie Sharon: What makes Across the Universe unique from other films that are out today?
First of all, it's a musical. Well, I would say it's more of a rock opera than a musical because its story is all told through the lyrics. It's only got a half-hour of dialogue and I don't know if you know this, but 80-90 percent of it is sung live; it's not lip-synched. That's different than the other musicals. We really tried to have the actors do the songs and the dialogue on location so that it would feel very real and there would be no disconnect between the dialogue and the singing
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