Reading about John Travolta recently really makes you think ah . The man has been through so much personal tragedy,and yet he is still finding ways to be positive and create art.
It's just heartbreaking to remember . He lost his son,Jett Travolta,back in 2009 after a seizure . And then more recently in 2020,his wife Kelly Preston passed away from breast cancer at just 57 years old. That's level of loss most people can't even imagine .
But he's channeling all of that into his new film,Propeller One-Way Night Coach . He has dedicated movie to both of them,and his whole family . He said in an interview,"I dedicated the film to Kelly,to my son Jett,to my brothers and sisters,to my mother and my father,because they are model from which this film was born.”
And honestly,that's just incredibly moving .
He even said, "Life has certainly tested me,but my nature is to look for the positive,even in face of the worst.” To have that kind of outlook after everything is just something else.
Few things about this new film project:
- It’s all about hope and resilience,seen through a child's perspective .
- His daughter,Ella Bleu Travolta,is starring in it alongside him.
- He received a surprise honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival for it.
The film is apparently semi-autobiographical,based on his own childhood experiences and even a children's book he wrote in 1997 . It’s set in 1962 and tells story of an 8-year-old boy,Jeff,who has to understand very difficult subjects like Nazi concentration camps from his innocent viewpoint.
Travolta explained his thinking, "I wanted this sincerity. A child's hope and resilience are unique; we adults have forgotten what that means." And tbh,he is completely right about that .
It's amazing to see him back at Cannes,where he first made a huge splash with Pulp Fiction . Now he's there presenting this deeply personal film and getting this big honour .
His whole journey through grief and his dedication to telling stories for his family is so public,but also so personal . It makes you wonder how someone keeps going after being tested so much by life…
