Friday, March 23, 2012

Another Joseph Cedar interview

THE REVIEWS OF FOOTNOTE keep pouring in, and I'm no longer going to try to note them all. But I will try to mention reviews etc. that have something new to say. This interview with Joseph Cedar shows that he has quite an insightful grasp of the academic world: Footnore director can't ignore success (Toronto Sun). Excerpt:
"In a way, Talmudic scholars are like some film crew," Cedar said in an interview during the Toronto International Film Festival. "They devote their lives in an obsessive way to something that no one will ever notice as theirs, and that requires an expertise that is narrow and specific.

"And that's their pride, the narrowness of it. There's an integrity to that, which I don't have."
Background here and links.