TIingxaki zengxaki yaseMideast eqhubekayo zimbi kakhulu kunangaphambili kwaye inkcazo yezopolitiko kunye nohlalutyo zikwimeko embi kakhulu. Ke mhlawumbi into esiyidingayo ngoku ngumdlalo ohlekisayo wesondo okanye idrama ejongene nokujikeleza komda, isondo, iziqhushumbisi zokuzibulala, ukusweleka kwabantu, ukuqala kweminyaka engama-30- into eculayo isiya kugqabhuka, ubuhlanga obuzinzile, kunye nengqumbo yobudlelwane, zonke zisetwe kwisekethe yaseTel Aviv yaseBoho. . Njengoko kubonakala kungaqhelekanga, u-Eytan Fox, kwifilimu yakhe entsha Ibhalumu (Yena uBuah), idibanisa zonke ezi zinto kunye nobuganga bezopolitiko.
I-Fox ayintsha kwizinto ezinzima. Kukho umboniso kwifilimu yakhe emfutshane ka-1990 emva (enye inesihloko Ixesha uphumile) apho iqela lamajoni aselula akwaSirayeliโkuquka nejoni elisondeleleneyo lamafanasiniโlidlala ngothando namantombazana akwishumi elivisayo aseMerika kwindawo ethengisa ukutya yaseJerusalem ngaphambi kokuba athunyelwe ngenqanawa eLebhanon. I-1964 Supremes ibetha "Uthando Lwethu Lwayaphi" ludlala ngasemva kwaye umphumo uphelele: umncinci, u-naรฏve, umnqweno wesini udibanisa kunye nenkcubeko ye-Anglo pop ivelisa umxube wokuzonwabisa, ukwesaba okungapheliyo, kunye nentlekele enokwenzeka. UFox wandise kulo mxholo kwingoma yakhe ka-2002 UYossie kunye noJagger, malunga nokuthandana okulusizi phakathi kwamadoda amabini kumkhosi wamaSirayeli. Ngo-2004 wakhe Uhambe emanzini ibandakanyeka kubudlelwane obuyindoda/obudoda phakathi kwearhente ye-Mossad efihlakeleyo kunye ne-gay yaseJamani egama linguyisemkhulu wayesisaphuli-mthetho semfazwe yamaNazi.
In Ibhalumu, IFox ivelise ifilimu engonwabanga ngokwasengqondweni kwaye inamandla ngokwasemoyeni. Ibhalumu, umnqamlezo phakathi Zesini kunye nesiXeko kwaye Romeo noJuliet, amaziko angqonge i-gay eselula yakwaSirayeli ethandana nomntu wasePalestine ongowezopolitiko. Njengoko kubhaliwe nguFox kunye neqabane lakhe uGal Uchovsky, ifilimu iphinda iphendule ngeenkxalabo zenkcubeko kunye nezopolitiko ezisibambayo singalindelanga iimpendulo zethu.
UNoam (Ohad Knoller) kunye nabahlobo bakhe abangama-30โuLulu (uDaniela Virtzer), uYelli (Alon Friedman), uGolan (uZohar Liba), noShaul (Tzion Baruch)โbahlala โkwiqamzaโ lezolimo eTel Aviv apho bayahlangana, bahlanganisane kwiindawo zokutya nakwiikhefi, baxubushe owona mculo mtsha, basebenzise iziyobisi, baye kumajaiva yaye maxa wambi baqhankqalaze ngomsebenzi wabo. Ubomi babo bujikeleza kwizinto zakudala zenkcubeko ye-pop njengendlela yokuzifumana kwihlabathi. Njengabalinganiswa kwi abahlobo, abanzulu kamnandi ngamaxesha eemvakalelo kunye namava okwenene. Oku kuqalisa ukutshintsha xa uNowam edibana nomphambukeli wasePalestina ogama linguAshraf (Yousef โJoeโ Sweid). "Badibana" kwindawo yokukhangela, iinkcukacha ezibonisa ubuchule bukaFox bokutyhala imvulophu ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yingxelo yakhe. Urhatya lukaNoam no-Ashraf lokwabelana ngesondo nomntu ongathandani naye lujike lube luthando olunzima.
UFox ukwazi kakuhle ukuphikisana okuninzi apha kwaye udlala nabo ngolangazelelo. Uthando lukaNoam no-Ashraf lwamkelekile ngandlelโ ithile eTel Aviv, kodwa lwalelwe ngokungqongqo kwilizwe lamva. Ubudlelwane besini esingafaniyo kunye nobufanasini buyafana, kodwa iingxaki ezahluke kakhulu njengoko ukuzibophelela kothando kutshintsho lwenkcubeko kudla ngokujongana nezopolitiko zasekhaya/zamazwe ngamazwe.
Yintoni eyenza ukuba Ibhalumu ngokweemvakalelo kwaye tonal nzima ngaphezu Ukuhamba Phezu Kwamanzi kukukwazi kukaFox ukuveza ukungavisisani kwezothando, ngokwesondo, kunye nezopolitiko ngobugcisa kunye nenkcubeko edumileyo. Ngelixa uFox ekwazi ukusebenzisa inkcubeko ngobuqhetseba, unobuganga bokubhala ngemivumbo engqindilili. Kwisiqingatha sesibini sefilimu abanye babalinganiswa baya kwimveliso yeTel Aviv kaMartin Sherman ka-1980. ayenza malunga nabathandi be-gay kwinkampu yoxinaniso. Ngelixa indlela asabela ngayo umbukeli kukuziva ebethekile entloko, ngokuthe ngcembe, yaye kuphikisana, ukuguqulwa kwale meko ngokukhawuleza kuye kubonakale. Ngaba iFox ifanisa iTel Aviv okanye imimandla yasePalestina kwinkampu yoxinaniso yamaNazi? Ngaba lo mzekeliso uchanekile? Iluncedo? Igabadele? Ingaba yin ayenza uthetha kuNowam noAshraf? Ziziphi iimbopheleleko zabo kwiintsapho nakubahlobo babo? Omnye komnye? Omnye ukhunjuzwa ngamabali ka-Isaac Bashevis Singer-โIgaziโ okanye โIsithsaba seeNxiwaโ-kodwa iindlela zobugcisa zikaFox apha zisondele kwezo zikaDouglas Sirk (indoda eyayibaleka iJamani kaHitler nomfazi wayo ongumYuda) iingoma zayo zaseHollywoodโKonke okuvunyelwa yiZulu kwaye Ukuxeliswa koBomi โusebenzise isakhono sobugcisa nenkcubeko ukubhentsisa ezona ngxaki zinzulu abalinganiswa bajongene nazo.
As Ibhalumu yakha ukuya kutsho kwisigqibo sayo esimangalisayoโngeyelenqe kunye neenguqu ezingokweemvakalelo ezihlala zisenza umbukeli angazithembiโuFox ubuza imibuzo entsonkothileyo nebalulekileyo. Into eqala njengebali labathandi beenkwenkwezi iba yinto eyahlukileyo. Ibhalumu akunikezi zisombululo kuyo nayiphi na into, kodwa isinika indawo yeemvakalelo nezopolitiko ukuba siphinde sicinge ngeengcinga ezisisiseko esinokuba nazo malunga nendlela esicinga ngayo malunga nengxaki, indlela ipolitiki yezesondo enokuthi idlale ngayo indima apha, kunye nendlela inkcubeko yolutsha etshintshile ngayo. Le mihla yinto. U-Eytan Fox uye wavela njengomnye wabenzi befilimu bakwa-Israeli abanomdla kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo kunye Ibhalumu uzimise njengengcungela yehlabathi ekwenzeni iifilimu.
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