Pros: cast, location, absurdist humor Cons: see review
Palestinians swathed in bombs going to blow themselves up along with as many Israelis as possible does not seem a promising subject for comedy. Neither did the carnage of Bosnia (No Man's Land) or nuclear war (Dr. ...
Pros: provocative, suspenseful story; cast; humor Cons: provocative story; could've been developed more
Sometimes movies focus on despicable characters. They may be child predators, rapists or serial killers. In the case of 2005’s Paradise Now, nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, they may be Palestinian suicide bombers on a mission. When a ...
Pros: A real-life portrait of people who just happen to be potential terrorists.... Cons: ... but 'humanizing' terrorists would feel so wrong for many viewers.
Paradise Now is troubling precisely because it contains a premise many viewers will not appreciate. Quite simply, it is a Palestinian movie about two men, best friends, who are chosen to carry out a suicide bomb attack in retaliation for Palestinian ...
Pros: courageous, insightful, no glorification/demonizing of either side, objective treatment of highly volatile issue
Cons: by its very nature, will court controversy and be considered provocative
Said (Kasi Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman) are two young Palestinian men living in Nablus, a city on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. They scrape by working as car mechanics. Khaled seems to be a happy-go-lucky kind of guy while Said is quieter and ...
Paradise Now has rightfully been called "the Palestinian answer to M
unich."
Both films address a tense subject at an opportune time--------the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been raging for over half-a-century ...
Paperback, Seeing That Paradise Begins Now Bridges to Contemplative Living with Thomas Merton leads participants on a journey toward spiritual transformation and a more contemplative and peace-...
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