Tag Archives: Ari Folman

i and thou and the guy that wrote it down

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Dave

I and thou. Us and them. Utopian prophet and social visionary or charlatan and snake oil salesman, as intellectual lamb in sheep’s clothing; a crypto-Zionist as a very good cop? Martin Buber’s translator has died which brings focus back to … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 5 Broken Cameras documentary, Amos Oz, Ari Folman, Carl Spitzweg, Dvora Dawson, Edward Said, Egyptian President Nasser, Emad Burnat, Friedrich Overbeck, Georg Friedrich Kersting, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Guy Davidi, Hannah Arendt, ICAHD Jeff Halper, Judah Magnes, Justus Weiner, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Buber, Maurice S. Friedman, Michael Steinhardt, Paul Mendes-Flohr, Paul Tillich, philipp otto runge, Richard Silverstein, Uri Davis, Uri Davis Peace News, Waltz With Bashir | Leave a comment

on pain of death: the bonding process

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dave

The dangers of militarism.And its connection with the two other ” triplets of evil” named by Martin Luther King Jr. : racism and consumerism. GRACE LEE BOGGS: I’m sorry, but I think if we stick to those categories of race, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged amira hass, Ari Folman, Bill Moyers, gideon levi, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Grace Lee Boggs, ilan pappe, john dugard united nations, karl mannheim, lev grinberg, Martin Luther King, menachem kahana, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, palestinian statehood, ronit lentin, tanya reinhart, uri ben-eliezer | Leave a comment

REVOLUTION No. 9/10 tenths OF THE LAW IS POSSESSION

Posted on June 9, 2010 by Dave

You say you want a revolution Well, you know We all want to change the world You tell me that it’s evolution Well, you know We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don’t you … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Literature/poetry/spoken word, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous, Music/Composition/Performance, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Anarchism, Ari Folman, Ariel Sharon, Beatles, Beatles Revolution, Conrad Black, David Rubinger, Edward Said, Elie Wiesel, Emily Henochowicz, Eran Kolirin, Eugene Plawiuk, Golda Meir, Hamas, Helen Thomas, Helen Thomas journalist, John Lennon, Marc Chagall, Mikail Bakunin, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, rabbi Schneerson, Rashi de Troyes, Robert Capa, Robert Irwin, Rubinger, Umberto Eco, Waltz With Bashir | Leave a comment

The Banality of Forgiveness

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Dave

His protagonist may be a sympathetic person, engaging, affable and charming; but he is also a murderer, an assasin and may even have enjoyed the thrill of execution at the time the killings were carried out. Is this young man … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Miscellaneous, Modern Art, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Adolph Eichmann, Ari Folman, Avi Mograbi, Banality of Evil, Bertold Brecht, Bertolt Brecht, Brecht, David Lynch, Edward S. Herman, Hannah Arendt, Israel, Israel documentary, israel fims, Israeli cinema, israeli films, Shai Ginsburg, Waltz With Bashir, Z Magazine, Z32 | Leave a comment

Fiddler On The Cutting Room Floor

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Dave

Unusual short animation called ” the Material Love is Made Of ” from Ari Folman, creator of Waltz With Bashir. He has a certain resemblance to Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof; hopeful, philosophical and slightly absurd. In Bashir … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ari Folman, Helen Fisher, Mark Jenkins, The Material That Love is Made Of, Waltz With Bashir | Leave a comment

Slow Dancing in an Abbatoir

Posted on September 11, 2009 by Dave

Meat On The Hoof was a book by Gary Shaw that parlayed the nightmare of playing football for the Texas Longhorns into a minor classic in the early 1970′s. The perceptiveness and quality of the observations showcased an absurd ritual … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Ari Folman, Gary Shaw, Mark Jenkins, Meat on the Hoof, Waltz With Bashir | Leave a comment

Happiness is a Warm Gun

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Dave

Waltzing With Bashir is an animated documentary with a pre-text to examine the horror of war, and particularly the murder of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps outside Beirut in 1982. The subtexts presented, are however as equally … Continue reading →