Eisenberg's film follows two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland, which includes a stop at the Majdanek death camp. The story draws on his own family history — and his struggle with OCD.
Eisenberg's film follows two cousins on a Jewish heritage tour of Poland, which includes a stop at the Majdanek death camp. The story draws on his own family history — and his struggle with OCD.A few years ago, actor Jesse Eisenberg was writing a movie about two men on a road trip in Mongolia when an ad popped up on his screen, offering"Auschwitz tours, with lunch."
Each cousin is dealing with mental health issues, which are exacerbated by the trip. Eisenberg's character, David, is introverted, and takes medication for his OCD. His cousin Benji, played by, has severe depression at times, but outwardly is charismatic and lights up the room. Eisenberg says one of the themes he wanted to explore in the film is the validity of pain."What is real pain?" he says.
Kieran Culkin, in this movie, didn't want to stand on any marks, which means, when you're setting up a shot in a movie, the actor has to stand on their mark to deliver their lines. This is kind of a standard practice. Kieran would never stand on a mark because he didn't know what he was going to do or where he was going to walk or what he was going to be performing.
I was really going crazy. … They kept bringing me to this padded room or something and it was terrifying. … I would go to the soft room and they would put their knee in my back and hold me back to restrain me. …I remember actually not being bothered by the swastika at all, but for whatever reason was the thing that tipped my parents into taking me out of there. And I was going home and I was like,"I think I should skydive!" I had this feeling on the way home, like, I just love life.
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