Hollywood star Matt Damon was recently a guest on the CNN program where he talked about the documentary “Kiss the Future”, which is based on the lives of people who lived in Sarajevo during the siege.
Namely, the legendary journalist and honorary citizen of Sarajevo Chiristiane Amanpour published on her Twitter profile a clip from the CNN show where she hosted Matt Damon, who is also the producer of this documentary together with Ben Affleck.
On that occasion, she wanted to announce the premiere of the documentary in the United States (U.S.), directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain. Namely, “Kiss the Future” will open in theaters across the U.S. on February 23rd.
“If you’re in the U.S., you can catch ‘Kiss the Future’ in theaters starting next week. It’s a beautiful reminder of the power of music and art even in the darkest of circumstances,” she wrote in the caption.
“It’s the most exciting story and it’s actually about how light defeats darkness. Producer Matt Damon’s new documentary ‘Kiss the Future’ tells the story of the underground music scene that survived and thrived in war-torn Sarajevo, culminating in the legendary U2 concert,” she added.
At the very beginning, she explained that her voice was also heard on the trailer of the documentary, and that is because she herself participated in the filming, and then there was a conversation with Damon, who explained how he actually ended up producing a film about Sarajevo.
“Actually, the story was brought to me and I thought it was incredible. That came along with knowing the director of the film, Nenad, who talked about it with passion. He’s from thatarea, he had a personal connection to the whole story. We knew that we have the right storyteller and the right people around the project, so we went to the band and they had footage from that time, which they gave us. They were worried because they didn’t want us to make a film about them, but about the people of Sarajevo. It’s the most exciting story and it’s really about light conquering darkness and by the way thank you for participating Christiane because you were obviously instrumental in putting the story in context for viewers who may not be familiar with what was going on in Sarajevo,” Matt Damon replied.
Journalist Christiane Amanpour stated that she met Bono in Sarajevo after the war. After a short clip from the film, she explained to Damon that although she was a reporter during the siege in Sarajevo, she did not know about the underground scene that took place in the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). So she asked him a question about what he thought about the power of art in the worst of times.
“That’s actually the most beautiful part of the film. It’s really about humanity and in the darkest times there’s something about expressing ourselves and acting together. People went to these underground music shows at night to listen or to play. There is a photograph that appears in the film, and it shows one of the punk rock drummers having his arm blown off on the line and there is a photo of the bat stuck to his arm. Music is an act of resistance. You can put us in the worst possible situation but you can’t take away our ‘celebration of humanity’ we’re ready to die for. It’s a really beautiful message being sent to the world today and that’s why we wanted to show it,” he explained.
As a reminder, it is a documentary whose plot is based on the desire of humanitarian Bill Carter to attract the attention of the world media in the middle of the siege of Sarajevo with the help of the band U2. The band accepted the idea and during the summer of 1993, their ZOO TV tour broadcast interviews with the citizens of Sarajevo. After the war, the band U2 held a concert in Sarajevo on September 23rd, 1997.
In addition to Christiane Amanpour and Bono, the legendary musician The Edge, Srdjan Gino Jevdjevic, Bill Carter, Adam Clayton and Bill Clinton also participated in the documentary, Klix.ba reports.
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