For many, it’s one of the best blockbusters of the 2000s, the film that launched Jake Gyllenhaal’s career: We’re Talking About A Famous Day. In 2022, the latter returned to the scale of the disaster movie and how it strengthened his feelings about the profession as a young actor.
In the 2003 feature film, Jake Gyllenhaal Plays Sam Hall, the son of Jack, a paleoclimatologist played by Dennis Quaid, who is stuck in New York City when a powerful storm causes a tsunami that floods the city, trapping Sam and his friends in the New York Public Library. His father then races against time to join him before the coming new ice freezes Sam and his friends forever.
Along with Quaid and Gyllenhaal, the cast included Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum, Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Dash Mihawk, Jay O. Sanders, Kenneth Wells, Perry King, and Nestor Serrano. Co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich and inspired by the novel An upcoming global superstormThis disaster thriller received mixed reviews from the press, who praised its special effects and action sequences while talking about the bad script and ridiculous science presented in the film. despite this after the day It was a real success at the box office, grossing over $552 million on a budget of $125 million.
“Absurd” and “massive” and yet “it’s the best job”
During an interview for Vanity Fair, where he reflected on his career, Jake Gyllenhaal I remembered filming and especially “Absurd“also on the shoot”massive” and warmed up in the cold Quebec winter and how it helped build her confidence in her profession – one that has since been nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The Secret of Brokeback Mountain and continues to amaze us with every performance.
“One of the things I remember about that film, which I think completely defines cinema and film acting, is that we were shooting in the middle of winter in Montreal, and Quebec winters are not lazy. It was very cold, but we were shooting on a stage, a huge stage, heated to 80 degrees, and then we shot the scene in fake snow to make it look like it was cold. It kind of sums up the absurdity of what movies are, and how desperately you need your imagination to make it all work. And also, there are these great moments about how big movies can be, and the grandiose nature of cinema, which is just brilliant. I remember walking onto the set and seeing the steps of the New York Public Library on the Montreal stage and a water tank that I don’t know the size of, it was just huge with cars submerged up to the windows and thousands of extras. And a machine that could create a fake tsunami. I said to myself: “This is the best thing to do.“
Roland Emmerich Known for his work in the disaster genre, he is considered one of the key figures who helped revive the genre in the 90s with Ian de Bont with Twister, Michael Bay with Armageddon and James Cameron with Titanic. Emmerich’s first foray into the genre came in 1996 with Independence Day and continued for the next 25 years with hits such as after the day So 10,000 or even 2012. While most of his films have scored big at the box office, they have also received rave reviews for inaccurate historical and scientific plots and plots, but everyone agrees the entertainment factor is where he really excels.
experience Jake Gyllenhaal along with after the day It seems to be very much in line with how critics and audiences feel about Emmerich’s films in general, offering something absurd and massive in its scale that captures our imaginations, entertains us, and holds us until the last second. And while some fans may not count the film among Gyllenhaal’s favorite roles, his time on set and his love for the craft are enough to appreciate the experience and lessons he learned from it — and his performance, which remains consistently high.
Now iconic and broadcast very often, you can watch The Day After on January 12th on TF1. While waiting for its next TV appearance, the film is currently available on Disney+ and Netflix.
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