Gordon Levitt's Directorial Film Debut at Berlinale

Director Joseph Gordon-Levitt on Friday presented his first feature-length movie "Don Jon's Addiction" at the Berlinale film festival. "Don Jon's Addiction", a comedy which stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore, recounts the journey a porn-addicted young man takes on meeting two women.

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3 months ago

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Entertainment

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Celebrity, Movie Review

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Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Joseph Gordon Levitt

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Berlin

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SHOTLIST: BERLIN, FEBRUARY 8, 2013, SOURCE: AFPTV - various of director Joseph Gordon-Levitt and producer Ram Bergmann arriving for the press conference SOUNDBITE 1 Joseph Gordon-Levitt (man) director "Don Jon's Addiction" (English, 25 sec): "I'm always really fascinated with the way that the media can impact our pespectives on things. So I thought that a story about a relationship between a young man who watches too much pornography and a young woman who watches too many romantic Hollywood movies would be a really funny way to explore those themes." - various of director Joseph Gordon-Levitt - various of the press conference SOUNDBITE 2 Joseph Gordon-Levitt (man) director "Don Jon's Addiction" (English, 24 sec): "Scarlett [Johansson] was the actress that I always thought of as this character from the beginning of writing the character, I always pictured her playing it. And I don't know what I would have done if she hadn't like the script. But she really did like the script and I think the performance she gives it's just phenomenal. She's so funny and so charming." - various of the press conference --------------------------------------------- NO AFP TEXT STORY