"Mr. Lapid, making an electrifying feature directing debut, traces the line between the group and the individual in a story that can be read as a commentary on the world as much as on Israel."

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Source : "Two Bands of True Believers Hurtling Toward a Collision" by Manohla Dargis, www.nytimes.com. June 12, 2014.

Manohla Dargis

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“'American Idol' has changed the face of television.”
“Occasionally.. .what you have to do is go back to the beginning and see everything in a new way.”
“I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.”
“In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.”
“Only by transforming our own economy to one of peace can we make possible economic democracy in the Third World or our own country. The present economy generates wars to protect its profits and its short-term interests, while squandering the future. Unless we transform the economy, we cannot end war.”
“There has to be a mathematical explanation for how bad that tie is.”
“Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.”
“Every day, I read about new ideas and research that could help someone I care about live a longer and healthier life.”

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