the honorable woman

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There's a huge range of fictional choices between melodramatic and verite. Honorable Woman veered too close to the former. One older Israeli movie I liked -about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon - metaphorical enough to encompass the Palestinians as well: Waltz With Bashir.

Laura

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>On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I guess I am seduced by the style/structure of The Honorable Woman more than any Verite of its depiction of the real and complex issues of the story it uses as its raison de etre. As a teen I was a sucker for LeCarre.   There is also a very sensual side of its filming. It is sophisticated entertainment IMHO.
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>On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>I highly recommend The Promise made in the UK a few years back. No illusions about the present occupation and the civil war in the late 40s. would never be made in this country.
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_%282011_TV_serial%29
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>On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>This movie was awful. Saw it months ago. Full of stereotypes and absurdity pushed far past the boundaries of any valuable insight into the struggles in the region. I mean really. The story line was a load of  melodramatic shit and constant betrayal designed to push every emotional button but without real sympathy for the people .
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> If you want to watch something worthwhile there is a documentary about Israeli and Palestinian  parents who have lost children in this conflict and are working for peace.  These are real people.
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>We have young man in our Quaker meeting who is training at Bennington College as a crisis mediator/ombudperson who just returned 4 months ago from the region. He was very evenhanded in his views of the conflict before going and is one of the gentlest and most compassionate people I know. His experience and witness of Israeli laws and treatment of Palestinians, while attempting to be non-judgmental painted a very dark picture of Israeli behavior.  If americans knew this story leavened with the same human sympathy with the lives of Palestinians as is extended to Israel, If the holocaust and accusations of anti-semitism were not thrown at anyone who sees disgraceful behavior in Israeli policies, it is very hard not to believe that we would be closer to peace and justice for all parties.
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