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’11 SLIFF BUZZ: Restoration – Boker Tov Adon Figelman ???? ??? ???? ??????

by Pier Marton | Sep 4, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, Health, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Review, STL, Theater

A short review:
Restoration
“Cracks let the light in” says Leonard Cohen; director Yossi/Joseph Madmony gambled on Sasson Gabay, the venerable Israeli actor, to trust the eloquence of his face to carry that light, and he won! A great many subtleties anchor the main character within the spikes and valleys of a lively cardiogram. Beyond other other awards, this masterpiece was nominated for 11 Israeli Academy Awards.–> A+
An interview at Sundance, and Menemsha Films, the Israeli distributor.

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BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus