Amos Gitai
dal 12/1/2010 al 17/1/2010
Segnalato da
12/1/2010
Amos Gitai
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York
Carmel. A Film Exhibition. Gitai, whose previous nonfiction works were the subject of a 2008 MoMA retrospective, begins his new, unclassifiable work with quotes from Josephus on the Jewish Wars of two millennia ago, then segues to present-day Israel and his family, with a focus on the remarkably articulate Efratia, the filmmaker's late mother, whose letters about life in Israel and abroad are read by Jeanne Moreau.
The Museum of Modern Art screens Amos Gitai’s Carmel
(2009) in a weeklong run from January 13 through January 18, 2010. The director’s newest film,
Carmel combines fiction and nonfiction, and possesses elements of both documentary and feature
filmmaking.
Carmel charts the director’s course through Israeli history, and Gitai, who is only two
years younger than Israel, becomes a lively symbol for the country itself. A child of the kibbutz, a
young soldier wounded during the Yom Kippur War, and a sometimes testy but always honest
artist whose works are more often welcomed abroad than at home, Gitai has led a life as dense,
rich, and complex as the nation of his birth.
Carmel blends historical elements with themes
explored in his other films, taking on a variety of subjects, and offering a diary of the director’s
concerns about politics, family, and present-day Israel.
The film is an ode to Gitai’s family—and
he is frequently present in it, as are members of his family—with a focus on the remarkably
articulate Efratia, the filmmaker’s late mother. Memories of her (played in the film by actress
Keren Mor) are expressed through letters from her read in part by Gitai’s wife, Rivka, and texts
relating to Israel read by Jeanne Moreau. MoMA Presents: Amos Gitai’s Carmel is organized by
Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film, The Museum of Modern Art, who also
organized a 2008 MoMA retrospective of Amos Gitai’s work.
Organized by Laurence Kardish, Senior Curator, Department of Film.
Carmel. 2009. Israel/France. Amos Gitai. 93 min.
Screening Schedule:
Wednesday, January 13, 7:00, T2
Thursday, January 14, 7:00, T2
Friday, January 15, 4:30, T1
Saturday, January 16, 4:00, T2
Sunday, January 17, 2:30, T1
Monday, January 18, 8:00, T1
Carmel is released in the U.S. by Kino International, New York.
Press Contact: Meg Blackburn, (212) 708-9757, meg_blackburn@moma.org
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMa
11 West 53 Street 212 - New York
The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2
Films are screened Wednesday-Monday.
Admission: $10 adults; $8 seniors, 65 years and over with I.D. $6 full-time students with current I.D. (For admittance to film programs only.)