Marshalling All of His Forces Paul Francis, left, Josh Hartnett, Ewen Bremner, Ben Affleck, Michael Shannon, Alec Baldwin and Greg Zola play Doolittle's Raiders. In many, many ways, the Gypsies are the forgotten people, and there was a natural alliance with the Jews. Like many filmmakers dealing with World War II these days, Potter is a boomer who believes that its long shadow still hangs over her generation. Besides the Gypsy aspect, the film has a strong connection to music.
Music speaks for the disquiet of the soul and breaks down national barriers.
It's representative of the survival of the human spirit. It's a love story and a psychological story, full of inner strength and vulnerability, and the best woman's role I've seen in 15 years. Feeling trapped by her traditional role and feeling sexually and emotionally unsatisfied, she arranges for her husband to have a young concubine. It's what we're all searching for after the attainment of material freedom. The novel didn't deal with the invasion explicitly, but I wanted to.