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Walk On Water

Jan 04, 2006 15:15

Hi! I am a Canadian high school student currently taking several courses in world issues, politics, history, etc. Although I'm not Jewish/Israeli/Muslim/Arabic myself (although my dad is Jewish and so are a lot of my friends & extended family), I wanted to join this community because I've recently been studying the Middle East and have found that ( Read more... )

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seilduksgata January 5 2006, 01:44:13 UTC

I don't think I'm well informed enough to answer your question but I just wanted to say that I've seen W on W too and loved it! Eytan Fox also did a film called Yossi and Jagger about gay love in the IDF which is also great (I think).

riotbeads January 5 2006, 02:19:18 UTC

Oh you've seen it!?? To be honest I wasn't sure if anyone else would even know what I was talking about... :P It doesn't seem to be that wide spread - I only found it playing on some random movie channel and thought, "alright, I'll give it a shot."

I also really enjoyed it! Eytan Fox did a great job!! I'm guessing he is homosexual (not that it's at all relevant to the post) gathered from the fact that in Walk On Water one of the main characters was gay. I could be wrong...I'm just speculating really. :) I was told there's a huge gay community in Israel.

What I liked about Walk On Water was that it sort of addressed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (the cell phones going out at the airport because of a bomb going off at the beginning of the film, etc.) without being so hardcore as Munich, which I also recently saw. I also thought it was great how they showed so much of the country - Jerusalem, The Red Sea, Tel Aviv, etc. - because I might be going there this summer and I just thought it was interesting because I've never ( ... )

dream_king January 5 2006, 03:04:58 UTC

which city are you in?

riotbeads January 5 2006, 16:46:28 UTC

T-Dot :)

decamerenne March 15 2007, 12:20:23 UTC

Late comment, but I recommend Gaza Strip, Paradise Now, Divine Intervention (which is quite absurd...), Promises,
Death in Gaza (the director was shot before the filming could be completed), and Jenin Jenin.

Have you seen any of those?

helene.

abdulwalee November 25 2012, 14:31:02 UTC

to truly know the truth start in history Miko Peled worte a book called "The general son. watch it on you tube toget the History of this conflict and you decide who's the true enemy to truth and justice