Category Archives: documentary

on the edge of the abyss (documentary: Command and Control, Robert Kenner, 2016)

Posted on November 19, 2016 by admin

The message of Robert Kenner‘s documentary Command and Control is crisp and scary. Atomic weapons are man-made machines. Man-made machines sooner or later break. A very serious accident, or even atomic apocalypse is only a matter of time. Actually a … Continue reading →

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the portrait of the artist as a mother (Film: Bloody Daughter – about Martha Argerich, 2012)

Posted on April 19, 2014 by admin

We know about the great musicians of the past only from written stories if they lived and played until the end of the 19th century. We can only imagine and read the stories of the contemporaries about the sound of … Continue reading →

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the giant of the drummers (documentary: Beware of Mr. Baker, 2012)

Posted on December 30, 2013 by admin

Ginger Baker is not only one of the greatest drummers ever but also a character who waits for a movie to be made about him. One day maybe a fiction movie will be made, until them we have ‘Beware of … Continue reading →

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the beach of the deprived (film: Bombay Beach – Alma Harel, 2011)

Posted on December 15, 2013 by admin

It is probably better sometimes to see a film after the buzz is over in order to appreciate it – its good as well as its weakest parts. The break-through film of Alma Harel was very much talked about when it … Continue reading →

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Cameras and Gatekeepers (Film: 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011)

Posted on February 20, 2013 by admin

Two of the five documentary films competing for the Academy Awards (‘Oscars’) that will be distributed a few days from now deal with the conflict between Jews and Arabs, between Israelis and Palestinians in the Holy Land. The Gatekeepers was … Continue reading →

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The Voice of the Gatekeepers (Film: The Gatekeepers – Dror Moreh, 2012)

Posted on February 10, 2013 by admin

Israelis abide to very few myths. In a young country that is a melting pot of people coming from almost one hundred different countries, where a majority of the population is either born some other place or belong to the … Continue reading →

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An Evening with the Brubecks

Posted on February 4, 2012 by admin

I spent last night an evening with the Brubecks. The host was the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the art film festival Epos now at its third edition. Unfortunately I knew too little about the event in the past … Continue reading →

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About Architects, Love and Fate (Documentary: Incessant Visions, 2011)

Posted on January 8, 2012 by admin

As the saying goes some of my best friends are architects. Well, maybe the saying does not exactly go like this, but this is actually true, and this is not the only reason I hold in high esteem their profession. … Continue reading →

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The Past Children Never Asked About (The Flat – documentary, Israel, 2011)

Posted on December 30, 2011 by admin

Arnon Goldfinger‘s most recent documentary The Flat (best documentary awards at the Jerusalem and Haifa film festivals, now shown at the cinematheques around Israel including the one in my village) starts as a typical family story. A few weeks after … Continue reading →

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Al Green – Searching his Soul in Gospel

Posted on December 21, 2011 by admin

I am using these days of vacation to catch back with a huge log of reading books and seeing films accumulated during the year. I will of course be able to clear up only a fraction of them. Among these … Continue reading →

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