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- First reviewNovember 12, 2009
- Last reviewMarch 4, 2013
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Biased pseudo documentary
PostedMarch 4, 2013
Another anti-Israel "documentary" made in Israel by Israelis. Israel's enemies will rejoice at the sight of six former heads of Shin Bet venting their spleens and personal grievances behind the mask of patriotism. They want Israel to talk. To whom? To Palestinian Arabs who reject any peace, any compromise, who reject Israel's right to exist as a Jewish State within any borders. The film footage showed multiple scenes of bombings by the IAF and Palestinian funerals. With the one exception of an Israeli bus blown up by Palestinian terrorists, there was not one scene of Israeli blood or Israeli funerals or Israelis maimed. Where was the footage of the more than 8000 rockets fired into Israel since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005?
In short, a very extreme, one-sided anti Israel film which will be used to besmirch Israel on every college campus and in every political forum.
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No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Muddled Transmission/Projection
PostedJuly 29, 2011
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from Scottsdale, AZ
There were several problems with the film as shown. There were many cutouts in the sound even if only for an instant. The film began with a commercial for the two singers and then cut to the orchestra. In the middle, where the intermission feature should have been shown, the beginning commercial played again. An encore piece by Joseph Calleja, Puccini's Nessun Dorma, was cut although the title had flashed on the screen. After the concert ended and most of the audience had left the cinema, the Richard Tucker feature, which was very interesting, began and played to a near-empty house. The concert's vocal selections were well-sung warhorses and the orchestral selections well-played but uninteresting except for the opening piece, the overture to Verdi's La Forza del Destino. All in all what should have been a thrilling evening turned out to be a disappointing one.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A dissenting opinion
PostedNovember 12, 2009
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from Scottsdale, AZ
The Met's Aida in HD was visually marred by Gianni Quaranto’s 21 year old ugly set that the intimate love story of Aida and Rhadames had no chance to shine through. Gil Wechsler’s overly dark lighting of the Nile Scene didn't help either. Dada Saligeri’s costuming of Amneris and Rhadames accentuated their girth which matched the hugeness and ugliness of the sets.
The orchestra, led by Daniele Gatti, played competently, but without the magic and delicacy they achieve under the baton of James Levine.
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Yes, I recommend this movie.
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