From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

The documentarian Jonas Poe-R-R-R-R-Resmusell long wanted to tell the story of his friend,

who fled Afghanistan as a child and ended up alone in a Danish town as a teenager.

But that friend didn't want his identity revealed, and there was no footage of his journey.

The answer was animation,

but it wasn't cheap. In the beginning, when we started doing the financing, we had a lot of people

saying, well, this sounds wonderful, and then it just saw the budget, and they said, well, this can't

be done. So it was really a long time, like, slowly finding more and more funds.

Rasmussen tells us about his years-long quest to document his friend's incredible story

and explains how he hopes his movie flee, Denmark's submission to the Oscars this year,

can influence hearts and minds on the current refugee crisis in Europe.

But first, we banter.

Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my associate banter, Matt Bellany.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So we don't know how the numbers will come out finally for West Side Story, which is going to be opening just after we finish this conversation. But this is a

movie that's facing some challenges, despite the fact that people, many of whom were very skeptical,

including me, I will acknowledge, that Steven Spielberg, with the help of Tony Kushner and

the screenplay, should be remaking a classic, classic film.

It appears that Spielberg has really executed on this one.

The reviews are great.

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