Breaking open a fascinating new dialogue on the situation in occupied Palestinian territories; this personal account presents a South African perspective that is complemented by striking color photographs. Author and photographer Mats Svensson began work in Jerusalem with Swedish development assistance and quickly realized that the world he had wandered into was far worse off than what he had read. Through the lens of his camera and captured in his own words; he documents the daily horrors that he witnessed during long treks through occupied territory. This chronicle provides valuable depth to an issue that news articles abroad only scratch the surface ofmdash;what it is truly like to live amidst the Israelindash;Palestinian conflict.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Required text for classBy Chistina RichardsIm taking a class on Godard. This is the required reading. (We have weekly articles but this book supplements those readings.) Its a very nice read. MacCabe kind of goes on tangents that dont relate to Godard sometimes; but overall its a good book. (Still currently reading it.)1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. As a general Godard survey; superseded by Brodys later book; but MacCabe has some exclusive insights into the filmmakerBy Christopher CulverAt the turn of the millennium; Jean-Luc Godard had turned seventy years old. In recent years he had been highly productive; turning out a large number of films that had not yet been taken stock of like his better-known French New Wave period. Colin MacCabe; a longtime film scholar who had written an earlier book on the filmmaker over two decades before; thus produced this new "portrait" of Godard.As a survey of Godards complete body of work; this book of MacCabes has been rather superseded by Richard Brodys later and more ample Everything is Cinema. MacCabe naturally only describes films made up to "Eacute;loge de lamour" and his survey is less general; sometimes focusing on a few anecdotes to capture Godards life and work during a particular era instead of exhaustively proceeding through his whole output. Nonetheless; the fact that MacCabe was very attuned to the same Sixties radicalism that inspired Godard allows him to give a very insightful account of the directors Maoist years; and also a very penetrating account of why Godard eventually left such strident political filmmaking behind and sought a new direction. Another strong aspect of this work compared to Brodys is the vaster genealogy given for Godard in the first chapter on his upbringing; which better sets him in the context of French-Swiss society.MacCabe is an academic keenly interested in issues of political theory and aesthetics. Nonetheless; I found this a very readable book; not at all dry or dull. Besides; anyone interested in late Godard is probably willing to delve into the particular polemics that MacCabe examines. MacCabe is obviously a fan of Godard; he believes that Godard has important things to say; but he can also be critical about Godards lack of tact or the misogyny that runs through his early life and work.8 of 10 people found the following review helpful. A blow-by-blow account of 70 long yearsBy Kevin KillianOnce upon a time; Godard was the leading filmmaker in the world; and if he lost some of his stature after a run of didactic; neo-Rossellini and Maoist tracts in the 1970s; he never really wanted to be famous; just influential. MacCabe; who has written interesting books on Warhol and Nicolas Roeg; explicates the progression of a great artist from enfant terrible to a man most think has died. The chapter about Anna Karina is wonderful; and we get the impression that Karina remains for MacCabe one of the icons of femininity; whereas he is cool and respectful towards Anne-Marie (Godards frequent collaborator) you get the feeling hes not turned on by her the way he is by Karina. Also; we see him being tremendously gallant I think; towards Jane Fonda; with whom Godard made a film TOUT VA BIEN and then after it failed; he turned on her with the vicious "cinema portrait" LETTER TO JANE; castigatig her for her vanity and her foolish liberalism. MacCabe delivers a reproof to Godard and Gorin that says it all.I do agree that Godard has made too many films for any one critic to account for. It is not MacCabes fault exactly; but he might have written two books; one on Godards international career as auteur in the 1960s; and the other of the virtually unknown films. He makes you want to see them on the one hand; but on the other hand one realizes with a sinking heart; well; lifes too short!