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While in Papushado's view, Israeli cinema never has bad-guy characters, Korean cinema, as he interprets it, is dominated by such figures, to the point that even the good guys are essentially bad guys: “The good guys are scum.
In this collection, leading scholars in both film studies and Israeli studies show that beyond representing familiar historical accounts or striving to offer a more complete and accurate depiction of the past, Israeli cinema has ...
Israeli Cinema: East/West and the Politics of Representation
Israeli Bourekas Films is a film insider's view of the characters, stories, and cultures that made Bourekas films such an important part of Israeli life.
By analyzing Israeli films which address such issues as the Arab-Israeli conflict, the Ashkenazi-Mizrahi divide, the kibbutz and urban life, the rise of religion in Israeli public life and more, the book explores the way cinema has ...
Through analysis of the complex discourse surrounding trauma and loss, this book provides a necessary examination of temporality and ethics in Israeli film and television since the turn of the millennium.
Ultimately, this pioneering work charts a new territory of academic inquiry; Identity, Place, and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel is designed to facilitate the making of "Mizrahi Cinema" a legitimate, recognized, and ...
The film Waltz with Bashir marks the growing visibility and worldwide interest in current Israeli cinema. Along with Folman's film, feature films such as Kippur (Amos Gitai, 2000), Walk on Water (Eytan Fox, 2004), Or, My Treasure (Keren ...
This reference guide provides a survey of all major films made in Israel, as well as biographies of major Israeli filmmakers and an overview essay summarizing major trends in Israeli film--and, in doing so, offers a commentary on social ...
This book investigates whether Israeli art and film now place a focus on soldiers not as fighters, but as victims and the relationship between David as an adult and the State of Israel half a century after its establishment.