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Why Alana Haim wears a Star of David in ‘One Battle After Another’

JL;DR SUMMARY Alana Haim's character in "One Battle After Another" wears a Star of David necklace as a subtle, yet impactful statement on Jewish identity and intersectionality in revolutionary activism. 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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Star Of DavidJewish IdentityIntersectionalityCinemaRace In AmericaAlana HaimRevolutionary MovementsPaul Thomas AndersonVinelandMulticultural American Society

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Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
"Alana Haim at the Cannes Film Festival in May."
United States
"The world of Andersons film, quite loosely based on Thomas Pynchons 1990 novel Vineland, has a foot in that lo-fi revolutionary past."

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