Acomicandepisodicsatire,thefilmusesimprovisationtoillustratetheclashbetweenfantasyandrealityinreallifeAlthoughconceivedinthestyleofMekas'"Hallelujahthehills"1962,it'sanauthenticallyIsraelisatire,anopenlyrebelliousandindividualisticexpressionthatpokedfunatthesacredmythsofearlierzionistfilmsThetechniqueoffilmwithinthefilmisusedtoportraycinemaasreflectionoftheimagination,amiraclebasedondreamsandfantasiesthattakeonconcretecharacteristicsparalleltothemiracleofIsrael,thedreamthathasbecomerealityAlthoughnotacommercialsuccess,itsimportanceisbeyondanymeasure,thoughitremainsauniqueexperiment,boldlyuncommercialandsubversive,outofanycontextinthatpatriotic,ideologicalepoch Anewimmigrant,Tzelnik,arrivesattheportofJaffaHegoestoliveintheNegevdesertwhereheopensakioskinthemiddleofnowhereMizrachicomesalongandopensacompetingbusinessacrossthewayThetwomakealivingbysellingtoeachotherAsthereisnothingthere,theydecidetocreateaworldoutoftheirimaginationTheybuildacardboardfilmset,whichslowlytakesonrealdimensionsthebuildingsturntoconcrete,peoplecometoauditionforpartsinthe"film"cinemaveritéstyle,withZoharmockingviciouslythepretensionsofthe"actresses"andbuilderscometobuildappartmentbuildingsmockingtheglorificationofconcreteand "heroic"settlementInonesequence,Arabactorscomeandaskthefilmmakersturnpositivetonegative,andthey'regiventheroleofpioneerswhoplowthelandandsingzionistsongsTheimaginedworldofthefilmmakersbecomessorealeventuallytheylosesightofthethinlinebetweenfantasyandreality Alongthewaytherearealsomanyreferencestootherfilmsandgenres:thesamuraiflicksofKurosawa,westerns,thepopfilmsbyRichardlester,themealscenefromTomJonesandmanyothers ThefilmwasmadebyabunchofverytalentedfriendsZohargathered,andtheyshotitwiththeirownfunds,asacollectiveflick,anotheraspectofitthatsetsitapartfromtherestoftheproductioninthecountry
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