Readers of this blog
already know that Dan Wolman is one of my favorite Israeli filmmakers. His filmmaking can be characterized as
humanistic and independent. I loved so
many of his feature films -- Hide and Seek, The Distance,
Floch, Foreign Sister, My Michael, Valley of Fortitude, and
more.
His most recent film,
The Director's Angst, is quite different from his other
films in both subject matter and genre. According
to author Amos Oz, It is a "heartbreaking film and sometimes so funny that
it will bring you to tears. There are unforgettable
scenes and original and surprising cinematic ideas." According to Wolman himself, the film is
quite "offbeat".
The film portrays a
filmmaker who is attending the premiere screening of his first feature film
called "The Surgery", and we have the opportunity to see bits and
pieces of his film as he is hovering nearby, walking the halls, and flirting
with the box office manager. His film-within-a-film
provides a surprisingly hard-hitting political satire of contemporary Israel,
something that is not so obvious in most of Wolman's previous films (most of
his other films are social commentary rather than political). There is an interesting romantic sub-plot,
some very biting dialogue, and a futuristic vision of a militaristic nation constantly
at war. An underground group forms to take matters into their own hands and to
change the course of things in their land.
It is worth catching
this unusual and extraordinary film which is especially critical of the current
Israeli political reality. A strong
satirical statement, The Director's Angst (83 minutes, 2015), is available directly from
the director/producer/scriptwriter, Dan Wolman (danwol
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