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Revolution in Paradise

Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France

By: Yehuda Moraly

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Revolution in Paradise

Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France

By: Yehuda Moraly

The era of the German Occupation of France constituted, surprisingly, a golden age for the arts: literature, theater, popular music and cinema. These works of art seem to be devoid of political impact. The widespread trend of unrealistic and fantastic art during this period is explained by some scholars as the artists escape from the omnipotent eye of German censorship. The purpose of the book is to show that, contrary to the accepted view, some of these films were intimately linked to the political situation. They convey the demonization of characters that, while not specifically presented as Jews nevertheless manifested anti-Semitic stereotypes of the Jew as ugly, rootless, low, hypocritical, immoral, cruel and power hungry. All five movies analysed (Les Inconnus dans la maison, dir. Henri Decoin, 1942; Les Visiteurs du Soir, dir. Marcel Carne, 1942; L'Eternel retour, dir. Jean Delannoy, 1943; Les Enfants du Paradis, dir. Marcel Carne, 1943) present characters not identified as Jews but who exhibit negative Jewish traits, in contrast to the aristocratic characters whom they aspire to emulate. They demonstrate, implicitly, central themes of explicit anti-Semitic propaganda. Yehuda Moraly addresses two current major misconceptions regarding the Cinema of Occupied France: (1) that the accepted view that there were almost no explicitly Jewish characters in the cinema of that time and place is patently incorrect; and (2) that the feature films of Occupied France were not as it is commonly thought free of the propaganda messages that permeated the press, the radio and documentary films. Analysis of these films brings out the contradictory nature of European anti-Semitism. On one hand, the Jew is the anti-Christ, throttling the world with disgusting materialism while on the other hand, he is representative of an ancestral stifling morality, which it is time to abolish.

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1782845844

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Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films

The Works of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini

By: Yehuda Moraly

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Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films

The Works of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini

By: Yehuda Moraly

Every artist has a dream project an enterprise that he or she has continuously taken up but never completed. Via archived notes and drafts, a retrospective reconstitution of such projects can serve as a key for better understanding the authors artistic corpus. The present study reaches out to the authorship of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini. Claudel deferred and never completed the fourth segment of his Trilogie des Coufontaine. The only indication of the existence of this prospective fourth part of the theatre sequence is a brief entry in his Journal. In 1949, he began writing a third version of his first great work Tête d'Or. Like the unfinished fourth section that was to be added to the trilogy, the draft of the third version of Tête d'Or reveals a dialogue between the Old and New Testaments a theme that appears to be central to Claudel's entire corpus. Genet labored over La Mort for many years. At the conclusion of Saint Genet, comédien et martyr (1952), Sartre mentions this final work of Genet. Genet discussed his progress on La Mort in correspondence and even published Fragments of La Mort in the literary magazine Les Temps Modernes. While the project never came to fruition, it nevertheless remains an important means through which to understand Genets work. The aborted production of Fellinis Voyage de G. Mastorna has become a legend. After 8" and Giulietta degli spiriti, Fellini wrote a screenplay that he began to film but subsequently abandoned, much to the chagrin of producer Dino de Laurentiis who had already invested in sets and costumes. Fellini would often revisit this project, but never completed it. This book also examines additional dream projects taken from different art forms: poetry (Mallarmés Le Livre); literature (Vignys Daphné); painting (Monets Nymphéas); music (Schoenbergs Moses und Aron); and various films (Clouzots LEnfer, Viscontis La Recherche, Kubricks Napoleon, etc.).

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Revolution in Paradise

Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France

By: Yehuda Moraly

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Veiled Representations of Jewish Characters in the Cinema of Occupied France

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Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films

The Works of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini

By: Yehuda Moraly

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The Works of Paul Claudel, Jean Genet, and Federico Fellini

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The Kuzari

By: Rabbenu Yehuda Halevi

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The Kuzari

By: Rabbenu Yehuda Halevi

The very foundation of Judaism is examined in this epic work, written as a dialogue between the famous King of the Khazars and the Chacham. A standard text in Jewish schools worldwide, and a basic necessity for every Jew with a thirst for knowledge and understanding. A faithful English translation of the contemporary Hebrew rendition.

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Revolution in Paradise

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Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films

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Revolution in Paradise

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Dream Projects in Theatre, Novels and Films

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