Omer Laor
By Omer Laor
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The Schmooze Israel’s Leading Film Composer in France
Crossposted from Haaretz Armand Amar’s name can be found on ads in the Paris metro, on round billboard signs throughout the capital, and on movie house posters. But the Israeli-born French musician and composer is listed at the bottom, in small print, underneath the films’ leading actors and directors. As a film composer, Amar is…
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The Schmooze France’s Jewish Triple Threat
Crossposted from Haaretz “I was boiling with anger when I heard that Mike Leigh and Ken Loach had called for the boycott of Israeli films,” says French-Jewish actor, director and screenwriter Pascal Elbe. “As a Frenchman, I see in culture, as in academia, a necessity for every dialogue. What bridges do they want to burn?…
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