Tag Archives: documentary

a French dream success story (Film: Ivo Livi dit Yves Montand, 2011)

Posted on June 19, 2013 by admin

If this story happened in the USA it would have been labelled as the American Dream story. An Italian immigrant comes to the new country with his three kids. A few years later he receives citizenship. The younger of the … 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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Olivia: Disobidience (A Film about Aristides de Sousa Mendes)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by admin

I met Olivia in a few Internet discussion lists where we were both subscribed. Olivia is a pen name, she introduces herself as a teacher in Connecticut, the state that was at the time of the posting in the news … Continue reading →

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3Dance (Film: Pina – Wim Wenders, 2011)

Posted on November 25, 2012 by admin

Reading some the interviews that Wim Wenders gave about Pina I learned that this film ended to be something quite different from what the director originally intended. While fascinated a long time by Pina Bausch’s creation and especially Cafe Muller, … 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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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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Themerson & Themerson

Posted on October 4, 2011 by admin

I knew nothing about Stefan and Franciszka Themerson before seeing the documentary directed by Wiktoria Szymanska on ARTE TV. The film starts by filming the couple of artists – he was a writer, a composer and a film maker, she … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Waste Land (2010)

Posted on September 11, 2011 by admin

In one of the several memorable sequences in ‘Waste Land’ world famous artist Vik Muniz teaches his audiences about looking at art in a museum. People tend, he tells them, to get closer to the painting, then farther, then closer, … Continue reading →

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Felicia Antip – ‘Das Kind’ si alte 44 de filme

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

La Bucuresti are loc in aceasta saptamana prima editie a Festivalul Filmului Evreiesc – BJFF (http://www.bjff.ro/). Prietena mea Felicia Antip mi-a facut placerea de a-mi permite sa preiau pentru cititorii blogului notele ei de la vizionarea unuia din filmele prezentate … Continue reading →

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