Matt Damon reveals Bono provided title for documentary Kiss The Future about 1990s siege of Sarajevo and 'light triumphing over dark' while promoting project on The Daily Show
- The 53-year-old actor joined host Jordan Klepper to talk about his documentary Kiss The Future that premiered in 2023 at the Berlin International Film Festival
- The film, which recently has been made available on Paramount+, details the 1990s siege of Sarajevo. the art community that sprang out of it and U2's help
- Bono, 63, is featured in the documentary along with U2 guitarist The Edge
Matt Damon revealed the title of his documentary Kiss The Future was inspired by U2 lead singer Bono on Wednesday's episode of The Daily Show on Comedy Central.
The 53-year-old actor joined host Jordan Klepper, 45, to talk about his documentary Kiss The Future that premiered in 2023 at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival ahead of its theatrical release in February.
The film, which recently has been made available on Paramount+, details the 1990s siege of Sarajevo, the art community that sprang out of it and the way in which U2 brought people together during that period.
'The movie is called Kiss the Future because Bono when he started this concert, he grabbed the microphone and he said ''f*** the past, kiss the future'' and so that's why we called the movie Kiss The Future,' Matt shared.
Bono, 63, is featured in the documentary along with U2 guitarist The Edge, 62.
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Matt Damon revealed the title of his documentary Kiss The Future was inspired by U2 lead singer Bono on Wednesday's episode of The Daily Show on Comedy Central
U2 released the song Miss Sarajevo in 1995 about a group of women who held a beauty pageant as an act of defiance during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Matt also told how the project came about.
'Somebody told me the story and it was incredible,' Matt said. 'This great director Nenad Cicin-Sain, who is from there, came in and talked to us about it. I just wanted to help get the story out there, because it is such a beautiful story ultimately about light triumphing over dark.'
Matt, who attended the Met Gala on Monday with his wife Luciana, produced the documentary with his longtime friend Ben Affleck, 51.
'These people in Sarajevo, who were just so resilient, used music as an act of defiance and resistance in the middle of these horrible circumstances,' Matt said. 'I just found it a beautiful story.'
Matt said he saw the film as a way to tell another perspective.
'For filmmaking if you can put people in other people's shoes, that builds empathy and compassion,' Matt said. 'There really are these legitimate dark forces that are trying to divide us. You see that a lot in politics.'
Jordan asked how he saw his art moving forward.
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Bono, 53, is featured in the documentary that details the 1990s siege of Sarajevo. the art community that sprang out of it and the way in which U2 brought people together
!['The movie is called Kiss the Future because Bono when he started this concert, he grabbed the microphone and he said ''f*** the past, kiss the future'' and so that's why we called the movie Kiss The Future,' Matt shared](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/09/07/84646911-13398503-image-a-33_1715235855034.jpg)
'The movie is called Kiss the Future because Bono when he started this concert, he grabbed the microphone and he said ''f*** the past, kiss the future'' and so that's why we called the movie Kiss The Future,' Matt shared
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Matt and his good friend Ben Affleck are producers of the documentary directed by Nenad Cicin-Sain
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U2 guitarist The Edge also is featured in the documentary that recently became available on Paramount+
'If you can watch a movie that has no relation to your life and be affected by the characters, then that's one little small bit of evolution,' Matt said.
Matt said people have constantly been told that we are different and divided.
'I think movies like this and other films can kind of call bulls*** on that idea and say, we are actually a lot closer than we think or than we are told,' Matt said.
'Ultimately it is a really uplifting movie because it's beautiful to watch,' Matt said. 'These people and what they did, how they overcame their situation. The band and the concert at the end that they play, it was the first time that 50,000 people gathered and they were on different sides of this conflict and they gathered and just listened to music together.'