
That’s because it’s as much about us, the viewers, as it is about Germany or the Germans.'”
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This movie doesn’t give you that tragic finale so common in the Holocaust genre. “Everywhere I’ve seen this movie play, it ends, the lights go on, and people are completely unsure,” he says, beaming with pride. Viggo Mortensen also talks about the just-released Good, which he is currently promoting. “I haven’t done theatre in 20 years,” he says. As well as a new collection of published poems, called Songs of Winter, there is also a Spanish language production of Ariel Dorfman’s play Purgatorio that he plans to perform in Madrid this winter. He says that, of course, life goes on, and that he’s a busy man. This doesn’t mean that Viggo will be idle. When asked when it might be the right time to come back to film-making, he could only answer that he didn’t know. I’ve been in all these well-received movies and it seems like I should be doing some more, but there’s other things I want to do.


I haven’t said yes to one in over a year. But, as it happens, I’m taking measures to change that.” Which are? “No more movies. “It’s ridiculous! It’s not a healthy way to be.

“In the past week I’ve been from LA to Japan to Korea to Poland to here,” he hisses, describing in near disbelief the travel itinerary for his current promotional tour. In an interview with Kevin Maher published April 2, 2009, in the London Times, Viggo Mortensen talked about the grueling schedule of travel associated with film promotion and stated that he is taking an indefinite break from movie acting:
