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The Schmooze How To Make a Film About Films That Were Never Made
Image from “The Boat,” directed by Nir Bergman in “Sharon Amrani: Remember His Name.” Crossposted from Midnight East Ten years ago, on September 8, 2001, a young man drowned in the Mediterranean, just off Manta Ray beach in Tel Aviv. “Bonfire Night” (1998), his graduation film for the Sam Spiegel Film & Television School Jerusalem,…
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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 Friday Film: Sergei Eisenstein’s First Feature
On February 13, 1948, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency announced that film director Sergei Eisenstein, “the son of a Jewish merchant,” was dead at the age of 50. Eisenstein’s father was a prosperous German Jew and his mother Russian Orthodox. Eisenstein grew up highly assimilated, though he was aware of his Jewish heritage. He was friendly…
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The Schmooze Mel Gibson To Make Judah Maccabee Movie
Mel Gibson just can’t seem to stop himself from taking on two things: ancient epics and Jews. In a bit of a shocker, Deadline reports that the actor and filmmaker is teaming up with screenwriter Joe Eszterhas to make a movie about Judah Maccabee for Warner Bros. Yes, that Judah Maccabee — the Hasmonean military…
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Life ‘Dirty Dancing’ Remake: Keep Baby Jewish
A “Dirty Dancing” remake is officially in the works, with Kenny Ortega, who choreographed the original, set to direct. The announcement of the new project quickly incited a chorus of complaints from those who think the idea is sacrilegious, as well as a flurry of speculation on who would play Baby and Johnny. I, for…
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The Schmooze Albert Maysles Making Documentary About Style Icon Iris Apfel
How many 90-year-old women start designing their own fashion accessories line for the Home Shopping Network and get to be the subject of a new documentary by a renowned filmmaker? Not many. But then again, Iris Apfel is not your usual nonagenarian. In the sunset of her life Apfel, style icon and interior designer, has…
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The Schmooze Friday Film: Eichmann in Argentina
Can a murderer be someone with no literal blood on his hands? Someone who never gave a direct order to kill? In the case of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi leader who organized the transport of millions of Jews to death camps during the Holocaust, the answer was a resounding, unanimous “yes.” After years in hiding,…
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The Schmooze Q&A: Director John Madden on Adapting Israeli Thriller ‘The Debt’
John Madden is a British director best known for “Shakespeare in Love,” which won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Picture. His latest film is “The Debt,” opening in theaters today. The film is a remake of the 2007 Israeli movie “Ha-Hov,” about the Mossad hunt for Nazi doctor Dieter Vogel, aka, the “Surgeon of…
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