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New Wave, Old Land

JL;DR SUMMARY Chris Marker’s 1960 documentary, "Description of a Struggle," offers a rare and insightful portrayal of Israel in its infancy, distinct from the typical outsider's perspective that often lacks authenticity. 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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HolocaustJewish IdentityDocumentaryArtCulture1960sHumanismPostwarChris Marker

Places mentioned

Jerusalem, Israel
"One of them was screened in a recent exhibit at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem: a documentary film of under one hour, shot in four weeks in the spring of 1960 by the French director Chris Marker."
Tiberias, Northern District, Israel
"Jubilant Jews from North Africa celebrate the death-day festival of a mystic rabbi at Tiberias."
Haifa, Northern District, Israel
"Ilana Steinitz in an art class in Haifa."
Manara, Northern District, Israel
"At the isolated Kibbutz Manara, on the northern border, Marker films a communal vote conducted by a pioneer of great charisma."
Mount Carmel, Haifa District, Israel
"A Druze boy from one of the villages on Mount Carmel, perhaps a worker at a store or warehouse, races his makeshift wooden cart downhill as the narrator impersonates an Olympic commentator, urging him to the gold."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Marker was active into his eighties, experimenting with video games and YouTube in his little studio in Paris."
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
"He claimed at times to have been born in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia."
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