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Five broken camerasFive broken cameras, DVD
DVD - 2013 | HebrewDVD, 2013. Language: Hebrew
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Added Jun 15, 2016
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The film is almost entirely in Arabic. Bonus material is in Hebrew and English.
We see here one man's wounds and joys, and his mental picture of his little corner in the world. We are missing the large scale such as the Oslo Accords of 1995, though. For unfathomable reasons, about half this village's olive grove was designated as being in Area C -- full Israeli military occupation (on an "interim basis"). The Israeli military built a security fence within Area C.
Neither cameraman Burnat nor Israeli co-director Davidi seems to be aware of how the Oslo Accords are part of the overarching structure of life in the Palestinian territories. Furthermore, virtually no viewer is aware of how land issues in former provinces of the Ottoman Empire (dead by defeat in WWI) are governed by the Ottoman Land Law of 1858 (eighteen fifty-eight!). The Crown owns all land (as it once had in Britain, for instance). The British inherited the role of Crown during the Mandate period, and the State of Israel and the incipient Palestine have inherited this law. When the Kingdom of Jordan occupied and annexed the West Bank until 1967, they did not enact any land reform just as they hadn't in Jordan itself. The Ottoman law is the core structure of Israeli land law and the land law of the occupied territories. The Crown owns the land, and tax payments permit use of the land.
We Euro-Americans are not aware and little likely to understand how different this part of the world is from ours.
The determination by Israel's High Court of Justice in favor of the village was a hollow victory. The Israeli military built a wall adjacent to the Israeli new town. They tore down a barbed wire fence with a generally unmanned gate and built a wall with a guarded passage through this new barrier.
Beyond this, concerning peaceful demonstrations, who notices the absence of Palestinian civil police for crowd control? Palestinian police presence is also part of the Oslo Accords as a move toward independence. (By the way, the village of about 1,600 people doesn't have a police station, according to a Palestinian study as of 2012.) What Westerner would organize a protest -- actually any public event -- without crowd control by police?
Is hurling chunks of building concrete, rocks, and stones at a handful of young Israeli soldiers who are fulfilling their three years of mandatory military service called a nonviolent demonstration? What if they were police officers or National Guard members? What outcomes can be anticipated there or in the West?
Gandhi's and Dr. King's nonviolence generally consisted of symbolic protests, civil disobedience, economic or political noncooperation. Gullible Jimmy Carter, when visiting, doesn't see (or is protected from seeing) the typical weekly events.Western promoters of this film demonstrate a colonialist if not racist view of Palestinians. "We don't expect them to live in a twenty-first century civil society."
By the end if the film, cameraman and co-director Burnat describes power in the hands of villagers because they demonstrated.
Actually, the villagers emerge as powerless as before.The film is almost entirely in Arabic. Bonus material is in Hebrew and English.
We see here one man's wounds and joys, and his mental picture of his little corner in the world. We are missing the large scale such as the Oslo Accords of 1995,…
Added Jun 15, 2016
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The US detective played by Diane Kruger is "so painfully awkward" because she is high-functioning autistic. Actor Ted Levine's character is her mentor and helps her, especially to continue as a police detective.
This element may not defy belief in Scandinavia -- it's a different society.
It defies belief in the US. How could she have even been accepted at a police academy?
The original Swedish/Danish series, "Bron/Broen" has become a franchise. Besides this US/Mexico version, there's supposed to be a British/French version -- in the Channel Tunnel?
I don't recall that the first season of the Scandinavian version scattered around sub-plots for the next season. For that reason alone, the Scandinavian version was better.The US detective played by Diane Kruger is "so painfully awkward" because she is high-functioning autistic. Actor Ted Levine's character is her mentor and helps her, especially to continue as a police detective.
This element may not defy belief in…
The bridge, series1The bridge, series1, DVD
DVD - 2014 | SwedishDVD, 2014. Language: Swedish
Added Dec 30, 2015
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FilmLance International pitched this program for an American version. It was produced for FX about 2 years after this original - 2011, 2013. "The Bridge" is between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. This US-Mexican production broke ground when characters speak Spanish (or English) as they would in real life. A mainstream American audience is being exposed to subtitles. This US-Mexican version resolves itself toward the end of Season 2. Its in the library. The last two episodes prepare for a third US season. In addition, the plot is now being adapted to the tunnel - Chunnel - between Britain and France.
"Bron/Broen" reminds us of "The Killing." This series also originated in Scandinavia - Denmark. The Danish series has yet to be released in a format compatible with North American DVD players.
I enjoyed the cinematography.
I watched this first, then the American, and now this Scandinavian original again.FilmLance International pitched this program for an American version. It was produced for FX about 2 years after this original - 2011, 2013. "The Bridge" is between El Paso and Juarez, Mexico. This US-Mexican production broke ground when characters…
Grantchester, Season 1Grantchester, Season 1, DVD
DVD - 2015DVD, 2015
Added Sep 17, 2015
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Smarmy. Vicar/playboy Sidney Chambers's theology leads us to the later philosophy of the Beatles -- "All you need is love." Author originator James Runcie was born in 1959. I doubt that he is portraying a post-war Britain that he doesn't know. Series is careful not to offend the sensibilities of "liberal" 21st century viewers.Smarmy. Vicar/playboy Sidney Chambers's theology leads us to the later philosophy of the Beatles -- "All you need is love." Author originator James Runcie was born in 1959. I doubt that he is portraying a post-war Britain that he doesn't know.…
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