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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 12 august 2019

'Love, Antosha' shows private side of Anton Yelchin few knew

By LINDSEY BAHR and a friend and a beauti-
Associated Press ful son," Viktor Yelchin said
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — An- in an interview this week.
ton Yelchin died in a freak The Yelchins said they're
accident at age 27, but a pleased with the film, which
new documentary seeks to reveals intricacies of their
put the focus back on the son's life that few knew.
actor's extraordinary life. Yelchin died in 2016 when
"Love, Antosha," which ar- his car rolled down his
rives in theaters Friday, pre- driveway and pinned him,
miered earlier this year at prompting his parents to
the Sundance Film Festival start gathering materials
in Park City, Utah, to tears and even conducting in-
and applause. His parents, terviews with people who
Viktor Yelchin and Irina knew him when they'd be
Korina, the driving force in town. By the time director
behind the documentary, Garret Price came aboard
were there as well. to start the process of mak-
The film is a heartfelt and ing a film, he said "50% of it
unusually revealing tribute was already there."
to the creative force of na- Price decided that he'd use
ture that was Yelchin. It is Yelchin's letters as a fram-
told through home videos, ing device to tell a coming-
archival footage, personal Viktor Yelchin, from left, Irina Korina and Sofia Boutella attend the LA premiere of "Love, Antosha," of-age story through his
letters and interviews by at ArcLight Cinemas - Hollywood, Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Los Angeles. eyes. Nicholas Cage does
those who knew him, from Associated Press the readings of his letters.
his "Star Trek" companions "The challenge of a story
Chris Pine, John Cho and broke my heart" at 14. It's a was also, unbeknownst legacy and we want peo- like this is it ultimately ends in
J.J. Abrams, to Jennifer complex portrait of an art- even to most of his closest ple to know more about tragedy but I didn't want to
Lawrence, Martin Landau ist, who liked to take pro- friends, managing cystic fi- him not only as an actor, make a tragic story," Price
and Kristen Stewart, who vocative photographs at brosis. as a musician, as a pho- said. "I wanted to make an
said that he, "Kind of, like, sex clubs in the Valley and "We're trying to continue his tographer and a thinker inspiring story."q