Hello, movie fans. I'm Lily Percy, and I'll be your guide this week as we talk with Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Bresnikan about the movie that's changed his life, Avalon.

If you haven't seen this movie, and chances are, you probably haven't. Don't worry, as we're going to give you all the details and information you'll need to enjoy this conversation.

And hopefully, if we've done our jobs right, you'll want to see the movie.

There are very few movies that really capture what it feels like to be part of a family,

especially be part of an immigrant family.

Every time I think about Barry Levinson's movie Avalon,

which is about a family that comes from Russia,

every time I think about this movie, I automatically want to start crying.

Because it's not so much what happens in the movie.

There's nothing really plot twisty or suspenseful or horrifying or really even dramatic that happens.

It's just because you're following this family over a period of many years.

And throughout that time that you're with them, you become part of that family.

And because life is full of births and deaths,

it means that inevitably you're going to see

some of these characters die.

And that is actually the tragedy of the movie.

That's why you cry when you think about it.

Gaisley should be here any minute.

Yeah, that man will be late for his own funeral.

Dad, Dad, what do we eat?

I'm hungry.

You want to eat something?

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