Emotional History The Making of The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Milan Kunderas 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 JeanClaude Carrière and legendary film editor Walter Murch to turn the Kundera novel into an imaginative exploration of politics and eroticism set against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia Our documentary goes indepth to discover how indelible moments in the film Lena Olin kneeling on a dressing mirror Russian tanks invading Prague Juliette Binoche photographing her boyfriends nude mistress became a part of cinematic history