Thank you Annette for this wonderful interview on the topic of a wonderful movie. I love the reframing of Chamberlain's role in WWII. The further we get from the end of WWII the more holes we can see in Churchill's account of history. I found Munich very well argued, beautifully dramatized and exquisitely shot. I particularly appreciated the close shooting of the actors which really pulls you in to the feelings of the characters involved. They all feel very human. I could feel their tension and angst and smell their sweat. Wonderful! I like what this movie says about Chamberlain and the empathy with which his story is told. I hope it will make many realize Chamberlain's positive role in those difficult years. To take on an iconic figure so known to any British viewer my age and older and be so convincing physically on tonally is a great acting challenge. I loved what Jeremy did with it. Thank you Annette and Bravo Jeremy!
At 22:42 when Chamberlin speaks of ww1, the layers to this man were vast. His wisdom and experience in politics I beleive was shadowed by Chruchills desire for War, however N.Chamberlin knew it was inevitable, marvelous story based on fact. Will watch again.
Jeremy Irons is a fabulous actor and it seems a most charming human being. I LOVE YOU WORK and choices in film. We thank you for years of great entertainment by you, your wife and now that handsome son.
I think Humbert Humbert was his best role. I remember seeing it in our local cinema and coming back for more each evening. Finally they gave me the film poster. And then in 2002. Jeremy came to Montenegro to shoot something and I read about it in the papers because we didn't have the internet yet. Montenegro was still a part of our country, which was then called Serbia and Montenegro, so I just sat on a train and went to meet him. I took the poster with me for him to sign it. I thought, how hard can it be? My first station was a small fishing town called Virpazar where I spent that day because the locals were so nice to me, they took me fishing. It was November, not a season for fishing but also not so cold. The lunch was wonderful and I slept in a white villa, made completely of white marble, which belonged to one of their guests was quite rich and offered me a place to stay. The next morning I was in Herceg Novi, because the crew was apparently there. I took a cab and asked the driver to take me to the shooting location and he used his radio to locate it. Other drivers told him to call Radio Herceg Novi and then they got in touch with the casting director who told him to drive me to the Radio Herceg Novi building where he will pick me up because he was coming there for a casting. And what a nice man he was, short, with delicate features, he shook my hand, chatted a bit and invited me to have lunch with the cast and crew. But, alas, Jeremy was gone. He had finished his part of shooting ten days before and was back in UK. So I declined. He mentioned our actors, Sergej Trifunović and Miki Jevremović, I think, being there, but I was only fascinated with the actor who played Humbert so accurately. Oh, and there was also an Italian crew there who had to stop shooting because the weather got too stormy for them to shoot on ships, it became too dangerous. That Italian director took my Lolita poster and signed it, to which I said, "What, are you famous?" And then we laughed. So, that's my story about NOT meeting Jeremy Irons. Anyway, it was a great adventure. And then I lived like a vagabond for the next ten years or so because I was very good at it, meanwhile losing my poster, but I guess that was a part of growing up. It's great to see this interview twenty years after and reaffirm that he was worth it! Send him my love next time you see him, he has a lot of admirers in Serbia.
Just corrections: Hitler can not "take Sudetenland back", because it never in (1000y+) history belong to any other country than Czech kingdom. That was Adolfs lie to westerners. Also name Sudetenland is german nacionalistic invention no any real country.
That is not true. It was part of Germany until 1918. It was after that the Czechs moved in. This is easy to prove. Even the United States believed at the time that some parts of the Sudetenland should have been given back. It was, in their mind, a step too far.
Which parts of "Sudetenland" was a part of Germany before 1918 please?: "Since the 9th century Sudetenland had been an integral part of the Czech state (first within the Duchy of Bohemia and later the Kingdom of Bohemia) both geographically and politically. " "The word "Sudetenland" did not come into being until the early part of the 20th century and did not come to prominence until almost two decades into the century,..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudetenland
@@chiachiachia100 *_"Which parts of "Sudetenland" was a part of Germany before 1918 please?:"_* The bits that were ceded to the new Czechoslovak state after WWI.
I think you need to understand that there are lots of people who know a lot more about this than you give them credit for. If you want to have the debate about appeasement, I’m happy to accommodate you but you might want to think about why these people did what they did, without putting the judgement first.
Wonderful interview - thank you.
Thank you Annette for this wonderful interview on the topic of a wonderful movie. I love the reframing of Chamberlain's role in WWII. The further we get from the end of WWII the more holes we can see in Churchill's account of history. I found Munich very well argued, beautifully dramatized and exquisitely shot. I particularly appreciated the close shooting of the actors which really pulls you in to the feelings of the characters involved. They all feel very human. I could feel their tension and angst and smell their sweat. Wonderful! I like what this movie says about Chamberlain and the empathy with which his story is told. I hope it will make many realize Chamberlain's positive role in those difficult years. To take on an iconic figure so known to any British viewer my age and older and be so convincing physically on tonally is a great acting challenge. I loved what Jeremy did with it. Thank you Annette and Bravo Jeremy!
At 22:42 when Chamberlin speaks of ww1, the layers to this man were vast. His wisdom and experience in politics I beleive was shadowed by Chruchills desire for War, however N.Chamberlin knew it was inevitable, marvelous story based on fact. Will watch again.
Anette, Thank you for this wonderful and informitive interview with Jeremy Irons. I enjoyed Munich Edge of War.
Jeremy Irons is a fabulous actor and it seems a most charming human being. I LOVE YOU WORK and choices in film. We thank you for years of great entertainment by you, your wife and now that handsome son.
He's everything
I think Humbert Humbert was his best role. I remember seeing it in our local cinema and coming back for more each evening. Finally they gave me the film poster. And then in 2002. Jeremy came to Montenegro to shoot something and I read about it in the papers because we didn't have the internet yet. Montenegro was still a part of our country, which was then called Serbia and Montenegro, so I just sat on a train and went to meet him. I took the poster with me for him to sign it. I thought, how hard can it be? My first station was a small fishing town called Virpazar where I spent that day because the locals were so nice to me, they took me fishing. It was November, not a season for fishing but also not so cold. The lunch was wonderful and I slept in a white villa, made completely of white marble, which belonged to one of their guests was quite rich and offered me a place to stay. The next morning I was in Herceg Novi, because the crew was apparently there. I took a cab and asked the driver to take me to the shooting location and he used his radio to locate it. Other drivers told him to call Radio Herceg Novi and then they got in touch with the casting director who told him to drive me to the Radio Herceg Novi building where he will pick me up because he was coming there for a casting. And what a nice man he was, short, with delicate features, he shook my hand, chatted a bit and invited me to have lunch with the cast and crew. But, alas, Jeremy was gone. He had finished his part of shooting ten days before and was back in UK. So I declined. He mentioned our actors, Sergej Trifunović and Miki Jevremović, I think, being there, but I was only fascinated with the actor who played Humbert so accurately. Oh, and there was also an Italian crew there who had to stop shooting because the weather got too stormy for them to shoot on ships, it became too dangerous. That Italian director took my Lolita poster and signed it, to which I said, "What, are you famous?" And then we laughed. So, that's my story about NOT meeting Jeremy Irons. Anyway, it was a great adventure. And then I lived like a vagabond for the next ten years or so because I was very good at it, meanwhile losing my poster, but I guess that was a part of growing up. It's great to see this interview twenty years after and reaffirm that he was worth it! Send him my love next time you see him, he has a lot of admirers in Serbia.
Good for him. Love it. We love you Jeremy ♥️♥️🇨🇦
Irons was excellent in this role.
А глаза у него такие же красивые
Correction: Chamberlain declared war, so there’s no ‘almost’ about it.
hey jerry
Just corrections: Hitler can not "take Sudetenland back", because it never in (1000y+) history belong to any other country than Czech kingdom. That was Adolfs lie to westerners. Also name Sudetenland is german nacionalistic invention no any real country.
That is not true. It was part of Germany until 1918. It was after that the Czechs moved in. This is easy to prove. Even the United States believed at the time that some parts of the Sudetenland should have been given back. It was, in their mind, a step too far.
Which parts of "Sudetenland" was a part of Germany before 1918 please?:
"Since the 9th century Sudetenland had been an integral part of the Czech state (first within the Duchy of Bohemia and later the Kingdom of Bohemia) both geographically and politically. "
"The word "Sudetenland" did not come into being until the early part of the 20th century and did not come to prominence until almost two decades into the century,..."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudetenland
@@chiachiachia100
*_"Which parts of "Sudetenland" was a part of Germany before 1918 please?:"_*
The bits that were ceded to the new Czechoslovak state after WWI.
I think that Jeremy Irons's decision to favourably portray the appeaser was a mistake.
I think you need to understand that there are lots of people who know a lot more about this than you give them credit for. If you want to have the debate about appeasement, I’m happy to accommodate you but you might want to think about why these people did what they did, without putting the judgement first.