After garnering Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, fall release The Messenger is returning to theaters this week.
Almost everyone is familiar with the admonishment, “Don’t shoot the messenger.” But what if the proverbial “messenger” has already braved gunfire overseas?
34th Street: What made you decide to work on The Messenger?
Oren Moverman: From my point of view, this is a project that started with an idea that my co-writer Alessandro Camon and I developed.