TMavuto omwe akupitilira ku Mideast nthawi zambiri amakhala oyipa kuposa kale ndipo ndemanga ndi kusanthula ndale sikuli bwino. Chifukwa chake mwina zomwe tikufunikira pano ndi nthabwala zogonana za amuna kapena akazi okhaokha kapena sewero lomwe limalimbana ndi kulondera m'malire, kugonana, oponya mabomba odzipha, kufa kwa anthu wamba, koyambirira kwa 30- zina zomwe zimakonda kupita ku rave, kusankhana mitundu, komanso kusamvana paubwenzi, zonse zidachitika mudera la Tel Aviv's Boho. . Zosamvetseka momwe zingawonekere, Eytan Fox, mufilimu yake yatsopano Mvula (Iye Buah), imabweretsa zonsezi pamodzi ndi kulimba mtima kwa ndale.
Fox si yatsopano kuzinthu zovuta. Pali zochitika mu filimu yake yayifupi ya 1990 pambuyo (mwinanso amatchedwa Nthawi Yopuma) mmene gulu la achinyamata a ku Israel olembedwa usilikaliโkuphatikizapo msilikali wina wachiwerewere yemwe ankamukonda kwambiriโanacheza ndi atsikana achichepere Achimereka mโkafi ya ku Jerusalem asanawatumize ku Lebanon. The 1964 Supremes inagunda "Where Did Our Love Go" imasewera kumbuyo ndipo zotsatira zake zimakhala zabwino: achinyamata, opanda nzeru, chilakolako chogonana chimagwirizanitsa ndi chikhalidwe cha Anglo pop kupanga chisakanizo cha chisangalalo, incipient mantha, ndi zoopsa zomwe zingatheke. Fox adakulitsa mutuwu mu nyimbo yake ya 2002 Yossie ndi Jagger, ponena za chibwenzi chomvetsa chisoni cha amuna aลตiri a mโgulu lankhondo la Israyeli. Iye 2004 Yendani Pamadzi Zinakhudza ubale wamwamuna/mwamuna pakati pa wothandizila wa Mossad yemwe anali amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso Mjeremani wachiwerewere yemwe agogo ake anali chigawenga chodziwika bwino cha Nazi.
In The Bubble, Fox wapanga filimu yomwe imasokoneza maganizo komanso yolimbikitsa maganizo. The Bubble, mtanda pakati Kugonana ndi Mzinda ndi Romeo ndi Juliet, limakhala pafupi ndi wachinyamata wachinyamata wokonda amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ku Israeli yemwe amakondana kwambiri ndi Mpalestina wokonda ndale. Monga momwe Fox ndi mnzake Gal Uchovsky adalembera, filimuyi imabwereranso ndi nkhawa zambiri zachikhalidwe ndi ndale zomwe zimatigwira osakonzekera mayankho athu.
Noam (Ohad Knoller) ndi anzake okwana 30โLulu (Daniela Virtzer), Yelli (Alon Friedman), Golan (Zohar Liba), ndi Shaul (Tzion Baruch)โamakhala โkunthabwalaโ ku Tel Aviv kumene amacheza, amakumana mโmadyerero ndi mโmalesitilanti, amakambirana nyimbo zaposachedwapa, amamwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo, amapita kumaseลตera a rave, ndipo nthaลตi zina amatsutsa ntchitoyo. Miyoyo yawo imazungulira zinthu zakale zamtundu wa pop ngati njira yodzipezera okha padziko lapansi. Monga otchulidwa pa Friends, iwo ndi osaya mokondweretsa ndi mphindi za zomverera zenizeni ndi zokumana nazo. Izi zimayamba kusintha Noam atalumikizana ndi mlendo waku Palestine dzina lake Ashraf (Yousef "Joe" Sweid). "Amakumana" pamalo oyang'anira, tsatanetsatane yemwe amawonetsa luso la Fox kukankhira envelopu popanda kulephera kuwongolera nkhani yake. Madzulo a Noam ndi Ashraf ogonana mwachisawawa asintha kukhala chikondi chachikulu.
Fox amadziwa bwino zotsutsana zambiri pano ndipo amasewera nazo mwachidwi. Chikondi cha Noam ndi Ashraf ndi chovomerezeka ku Tel Aviv, koma choletsedwa m'dziko lakwawo. Maubwenzi ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso amuna kapena akazi okhaokha ali ndi zofanana, koma mavuto osiyanasiyana monga kudzipereka kwachikondi pakusintha kwachikhalidwe nthawi zambiri kumalimbana ndi ndale zapadziko lonse lapansi.
Kodi kumathandiza Mvula kwambiri maganizo ndi tonally zovuta kuposa Kuyenda pa Madzi ndi kuthekera kwa Fox kuwulula zotsutsana zachikondi, zogonana, komanso ndale kudzera muzojambula ndi zikhalidwe zotchuka. Ngakhale kuti Fox amatha kugwiritsa ntchito chikhalidwe mwachinyengo, amayesa kulemba molimba mtima. Mu theka lachiwiri la filimuyi ena mwa anthu omwe adasewera nawo adapezeka ku Tel Aviv ya sewero la Martin Sherman la 1980. Bent za okonda ma gay mumsasa wachibalo. Pamene kuli kwakuti chochita choyamba cha wowonerera ndicho kudzimva kugundidwa pamutu, pangโonopangโono, ndi zotsutsana, kusintha kwa mkhalidwe umenewu posachedwapa kumawonekera. Kodi Fox akufananiza Tel Aviv kapena madera aku Palestina kundende yozunzirako anthu ya Nazi? Kodi fanizoli ndi lolondola? Zothandiza? Zokwiyitsa? Chimachita chiyani Bent kutanthauza kwa Noam ndi Ashraf? Kodi ali ndi udindo wotani kwa mabanja awo ndi anzawo? Kwa wina ndi mzake? Munthu amakumbutsidwa za nkhani za Isaac Bashevis SingerโโMagaziโ kapena โKorona wa Nkhopeโ-koma njira zaluso za Fox pano zili pafupi ndi zija za Douglas Sirk (wakunja amene anathawa ku Germany ya Hitler ndi mkazi wake wachiyuda) amene nyimbo zake zaku HollywoodโZonse Zomwe Kumwamba Kumaloleza ndi Kutsanzira Moyo -anagwiritsa ntchito luso lazojambula ndi chikhalidwe kuti awulule zovuta zakuya zomwe otchulidwa ake amakumana nazo.
As Mvula imafika kumapeto kwake kodabwitsaโndi chiwembu ndi kupotoza maganizo komwe nthaลตi zonse kumapangitsa wowonera kukhala wosasangalalaโFox imabweretsa mafunso ovuta, ofunikira. Zomwe zimayamba ngati nthano ya okondana odutsa nyenyezi zimakhala zosiyana kwambiri. Mvula sichipereka njira zothetsera chirichonse, koma zimatipatsa malo okhudzidwa ndi ndale kuti tiganizirenso malingaliro ena oyambirira omwe tingakhale nawo ponena za momwe timaganizira za vutoli, momwe ndale za kugonana zingatengere gawo pano, ndi momwe chikhalidwe cha achinyamata chasinthira. Masiku ano ndi chinachake. Eytan Fox adawonekera ngati m'modzi mwa opanga mafilimu osangalatsa aku Israeli pazaka khumi zapitazi komanso Mvula wadziika yekha kukhala katswiri wapadziko lonse wopanga mafilimu.
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Michael Bronski adalemba zambiri pafilimu, mabuku, zisudzo, kugonana, Edzi, ndi chikhalidwe cha amuna ogonana amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. ndi Los Angeles Times, Fag Rag, ndi Voice Voice, Gay Community News, Cineaste, ndi Boston Globe, Radical America, Z Magazine, ndi ma anthology ambiri.