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Special to the Jewish News

On The Island

Opening Friday, July 22, is the spectac-
ular sci-fi adventure The Island starring
SCARLETT JOHANSSON. Partially
filmed in Detroit, the flick begins with
Johansson and co-star Ewan
MacGregor. as apparently happy resi-
dents of a utopian community.
However, MacGregor's character dis-
covers he is actually a human clone,
being kept alive as spare parts "on the
hoof" for his "human original." Rather
than "be harvested," MacGregor flees
and takes Johansson along with him.
Look for the beautiful Israeli actress-
singer NOA TISHBY ("the communi-
ty announcer") in her first big
American screen appearance in The
Island— and see a profile of her in this
week's Jewish News on page 51.

London Blitz

SCARLETT JOHANSSON was in
London to promote The Island and
start work on a London-based
WOODY ALLEN movie when the
Underground was bombed on June 7.
The New York native told the press
that she was in New York City on
Sept. 11 and was "impressed by the
same spirit of cooperation" among
Londoners that she had seen among
New Yorkers following 9-11.
It appears that Brit papers are not
rushing to get Allen's opinion of the
London bombing — since he pretty
much said it all in a June interview
with a German paper:
'As a filmmaker, I'm not interested
in 9-11. It's too small; history over-
whelms it. The history of the world is
like: He kills me; I kill him, only with
different cosmetics and different cast-
ings. So in 2001, some fanatics killed
some Americans, and now some
Americans are killing some Iraqis. And
in my childhood, some Nazis killed
Jews. And now, some Jewish people
and some Palestinians are killing each
other. Political questions, if you go
back thousands of years, are ephemeral,
not important. History is the same
thing over and over again."
Thus spoke Allen, the oracle of
Brooklyn. In just a few words, Woody
thus renders meaningless almost all his-
tory and almost all value judgments.
Give Woody's words a place in the
Henry Ford.Museum — right next to
Ford's famous quote: "History is
bunk."
Here's the bottom line, folks: Just
because Woody plays an intellectual in

his movies doesn't mean he is one.
After all, Annie Hall isn't exactly War

and Peace.

New On DVD

Two very different films are coming
out on DVD this week.
For the literati, there is legendary
Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's last
film, Saraband. It is Bergman's 2003
sequel to his famous Scenes from a
Marriage (1974). Like Scenes, Saraband
began on Swedish TV but later had an
expanded theatrical release.
Because Scenes was something of an
event when it was shown on PBS in
the 1970s, it remains perhaps
Bergman's best-known work in
America. Saraband follows the co-stars
of Scenes (ERLAND JOSEPHSON
and Liv
Ullmann) as
the now long-
divorced cou-
ple re-unite
and talk at a
family reunion.
Josephson,
82, is almost
certainly the
most famous
Jew in Sweden,
Erland Josephson
and he comes
and Liv Ullmann from a family
in "Saraband"
that has pro-
duced famous
artists for generations. He is a fixture in
Bergman movies, and Saraband is like-
ly to be his last great role.
By contrast, young actress
MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG,
19, is really just beginning her career as
a grown-up per-
former. The for-
mer child star of

Harriet the Spy

and Bulb,: The

Vampire Slayer,

has matured into
a very attractive
young woman.
Her charm
and good looks
manage to carry

Ice Princess.

Released last
spring
to mixed
Michelle
reviews,
this feel-
Trachtenbeig in
good movie
"Ice Princess"
about
Trachtenberg's
quest for a figure skating champi-
onship is fun summer family fare —
with a light romantic subplot.
The Brooklyn-born Trachtenberg is
Jewish on her father's side and says that
she celebrates Chanukah and
Christmas. 0