Tag Archives: documentary

Documentary: Das Ende des Politburos

Posted on April 26, 2010 by admin

This will certainly not be the last and ultimate documentary made about the events that precluded and picked that night of November in 1989 when the infamous Wall of Berlin fell, signaling that the process of ending the Communist rule … Continue reading →

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Documentary: The Quest for the Missing Piece (Oded Lotan – 2007)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by admin

Oded Lotan, an Israeli-born film-maker living in Germany dares to cope in this documentary film with one of the ‘holy cows’ concepts of the Jewish tradition – the circumcision. Interestingly, I did not notice or hear about this film having … Continue reading →

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Kapitalism, reteta noastra secreta

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

Documentarul lui Alexandru Solomon iese in aceasta saptamana pe ecranele romanesti. Delia Marc l-a vazut in avanpremiera si a scris o cronica detaliata si inspirata insotita de fise documentare ale principalilor ‘eroi’ pe care a publicat-o la http://filme-carti.ro/filme/kapitalism-reteta-noastra-secreta-2010-6364. Multe nu … Continue reading →

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Ashes and Movies – The Holocaust Films

Posted on April 11, 2010 by admin

As the Holocaust Memorial Day starts in Israel, I found in the weekend edition of Yediot Aharonot a list drawn by Yehuda Stav and Yehuda Nuriel of some the most important films dedicated to the Holocaust. It’s certainly a personal … Continue reading →

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Delia Marc: Documentar – Limba nu minte – regizor Stan Neumann (2004)

Posted on March 22, 2010 by admin

  Contributia de mai jos apartine Deliei Marc, care a participat la ‘One World Romania 2010’ – Festival de film documentar dedicat drepturilor omului – 19 martie 2010   LANGUAGE DOES NOT LIE (LA LANGUE NE MENT PAS) – Limba … Continue reading →

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‘Make ’em Laugh’ is much too serious

Posted on March 9, 2010 by admin

I was grown and educated on Robert Youngson’s compilation of Golden Age of Comedy which by the end of the 50s was bringing back to audiences world-wide the great masters of the first decades of comedy in the cinema. The … Continue reading →

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Isabella Rossellini – De la vie d’un papillon

Posted on March 4, 2010 by admin

If there is anything as royal blood in cinema it flows through Isabella Rossellini’s veins. Her mother was the most talented and beautiful Hollywood actress of the 40s and 50s, her father one of the most famous Italian directors of … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker

Posted on March 2, 2010 by admin

The 80s were the Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker rediscovery decade. In 1988 Clint Eastwood made Bird – a celebrated and Oscar-crowned biography of Parker with Forest Whitaker in the main role. It was actually one year after Gary Giddins brought to … Continue reading →

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Documentary – ‘Det Rode Kapel’ (Denmark – 2006)

Posted on February 20, 2010 by admin

‘Det Rode Kapel’ which was presented in Israel by cable TV documentary channel 8 succeeds to do what very few documentary film makers succeeded to do in the last few decades – enter the secluded space of the North Korean … Continue reading →

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Shanghai, les années folles

Posted on January 24, 2010 by admin

The documentary directed by Oliver Horn and Anne Riegel, prezented by the European culture TV chain ARTE brought up a fascinating period in the history of the 20th century China – the years of development and expansion, of conflicts and … Continue reading →

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