PARK CITY, Utah (AP) 鈥� really wanted to work with but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone.
came to her with an idea for 鈥淏etween the Temples,鈥� about a widow and a widower who become friends one winter. Her character, Carla, is a retired music teacher who wants to get her bat mitzvah. Schwartzman鈥檚 Ben is her former student, and currently a cantor, who agrees to help (reluctantly at first). Silver and his co-writer C. Mason Wells didn鈥檛 have a script, not in any traditional sense. It was something in between a script and a treatment, a novella of sorts with some written lines and lots of opportunity for creativity and character development.
鈥淭he idea sounded pretty fascinating,鈥� Kane, 71, said in a recent phone interview. 鈥淏ut I was a little trepidatious about working in a way that I never had before.鈥�
She was willing to take the leap with her collaborators, however. It helped that she felt like she knew Carla in a way.
鈥淭he story of Carla is somewhat similar to my mom鈥檚 story. She moved to France and started an entirely new life at 55. She just changed her life,鈥� said Kane, with her 97-year-old mother nearby. 鈥淚 think that there are a lot of very brave women out there sort of trying to reinvent themselves at a certain age when certain responsibilities have freed them to make that choice.鈥�
The film premiered this week at the in Park City, Utah, where it is seeking distribution. And working with Schwartzman on the complex, loving relationship between Carla and Ben was as good as she hoped.
鈥淚t was like having a great dancing partner,鈥� Kane said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 just a great actor and he鈥檚 a great human being. I certainly hope that we will get to do this again sooner rather than later.鈥�
Kane considers herself extremely lucky for she鈥檚 gotten to work with over the years. Her first film, 鈥淐arnal Knowledge,鈥� was after all. She鈥檇 go on to work with (鈥淭he Last Detail鈥�), (鈥淗ester Street,鈥� for which Kane got an Oscar nomination), (鈥淒og Day Afternoon鈥�), (鈥淎nnie Hall鈥�), (鈥淚shtar鈥�) and (鈥淭he Princess Bride鈥�), and act in the
More recently she鈥檚 gained new fans through and her current series But there鈥檚 at least on her list that she hasn鈥檛 gotten to work with yet.
鈥淚 hope to one day get a chance to work with Marty Scorsese,鈥� Kane said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 been my lifelong dream.鈥�
Recently Kane was watching an interview with on 鈥淐BS Sunday Morning.鈥� She was a big fan of Stone鈥檚 and was interested in what she had to say.
鈥淪he鈥檚 a genius in that movie. She鈥檚 just brilliant,鈥� Kane said. 鈥淎nd (in the interview) she goes on and on about how every time she gets a new part, she feels she won鈥檛 be able to execute it, that she won鈥檛 be able to do it and that fear just reverberates on a constant basis. I have to say, that鈥檚 how I feel.鈥�
Kane continued: 鈥淔or me, at my age, it was kind of jarring, but also kind of moving to hear someone who鈥檚 as young and beautiful and as big a movie star as Emma Stone is having the exact same feelings I have.鈥�
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Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
