Movie Star Blog

Haven't seen either Kippur or Free Zone.

Anyway, last night we finished seeing the movie Kippur directed by Amos Gitai. This is the second Gitai movie we’ve seen (Alila was the previous one we saw), and it seems to follow the same style that Alila has. According to what I read about his latest movie Free Zone it seems all his movies use the same techniques. The movie uses very long takes, like a 7 minute scene where four soldiers try to pick up a wounded soldier from the mud. This film (and Alila) too are filled with long pointless scenes that mid-way through them you ask yourself “why does he need to have them this long?”. Even “Free Zone” starts with a 6 minute closeup of Natalie Portman’s crying.