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Brighton Beach on the Big Screen

JL;DR SUMMARY Director James Gray explores Jewish family life in his film "Two Lovers," deviating from traditional stereotypical portrayals in Jewish cinema. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityStereotypesCinemaJames GrayCultural AuthenticityBrighton BeachContemporary Jewish LifeTwo LoversJoaquin PhoenixRomantic Drama

Places mentioned

Brighton Beach, New York, United States
"Two Lovers tells the story of Leonard Kraditor (Joaquin Phoenix), an emotionally unstable man in his 30s who moves back to his parents apartment in the Brighton Beach section of Brooklyn after a heartbreak."
Flushing, New York, United States
"Gray was born in the Flushing section of Queens, to a Russian-Jewish family."
Israel
"The Kraditors are somewhat observant, the father is Israeli and the pressure on Leonard to marry a Jew is less than subtle."

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