During the pandemic, there were a lot of people who found something in this film. In a sense, he's still very isolated because in the film, you and your dad, he and his son, do not have a close relationship. Your dad in the film is a successful ophthalmologist and he has friends, he's got golf carts. Talking about God with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez He finds community and through that ultimately finds himself. He doesn't want these other pilgrims to go along and travel with him, but they do. He's doing the Camino to honor his son, but he finds himself in the process. Martin's character discovers that during the course of the film. And I think with this film, it's about finding community, it's about finding yourself, but it is really about not being able to find yourself if you don't have community. Now it's like we're having to look at each other as we depend on each other in ways that I think that we had forgotten. I think we've been sort of living within our tribes and I think we're self-isolating before the mandatory isolation. I think we're having to figure out what's important, what isn't. I think we're all having to hit the reset button. Now the movie feels, coming out of the pandemic, it feels like it's more relevant now with this audience where the planet is now than when we originally released it. That was a couple of years ago, so here we are. Do you need help rescuing it?" And I said, "Sure." So I set about trying to get the rights back to it. And I got a call from a small independent distribution company, said, "Hey, your movie's sitting in this courtroom. And then the movie found itself in a motion to abandon rights court in Delaware. The film did well for the limited release that it had, but then the company fell into bankruptcy. "I'll make more movies, I know that, but I may never make a film like this that actually has that kind of an impact on so many people." We didn't have the backing that we needed, the support to get it out there and keep it out there. And the feedback was amazing, but we didn't really have the money. We slept on the bus, we ate on the bus and we drove around and we screened the movie twice a night – and did Q&As and after every screening – one secular, one none. We shrink-wrapped the poster around this bus. I loaded my dad and my son and a couple other folks onto a bus. When it came out, it had a sort of a cult following. The film had been sort of languishing in nowheresville for a while. Why did you decide to re-release "The Way"? The following interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Watch the "Salon Talks" episode with Estevez here to hear more about the making of the film, his relationship with his father, and how you can see "The Way" in theaters for one day only on May 16 through Fathom Events (and later, on streaming). Now it's like we're having to look at each other as we depend on each other in ways that I think that we had forgotten." "I think we're having to figure out what's important, what isn't. "I think we've got to hit the reset button," Estevez said. Ultimately, "The Way," Estevez shared, is about finding community and oneself and that's why it resonates.Įstevez explained why "The Way" sat on the shelf for years, ended up in a motion to abandon rights court in Delaware and why he wanted to rescue it. While the film is about an ancient epic journey, for many reasons, it feels more relevant than ever. The result is an introspective and emotional journey with the wry humor you only get from an Estevez-Sheen creative talent. Sheen's character decides to complete the journey for his son, learning about himself along the way. "The Way" tells the tale of a dad, played by Sheen, whose son, played by Estevez, dies while hiking the Camino. "I may never make a film like this that actually has that kind of an impact on so many people that got up out of their chair, got up their couch and said, 'I'm going to do that,'" Estevez said on "Salon Talks." The film enjoyed some small success in its original showing, but has since garnered attention and letters from tens of thousands of fans from around the world who were inspired to walk the Camino after seeing the movie. Why is Emilio Estevez re-releasing a film he directed his dad Martin Sheen in over 12 years ago? The actor-director stopped by Salon's studio to share the story behind the second release of his 2011 film, " The Way," which takes place in Spain along the 500-mile Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route where hundreds of thousands make the journey each year – a tradition since the 9th century.
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