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The Necessity of Violence?new
Paradise Now renders its twin protagonists' countdown to martyrdom as a suspense story that keeps reminding us of the parallels between terrorism and mass entertainment.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
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Last Laughnew
A Palestinian filmmaker finds the humor in suicide bombing.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-09-2005 |
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Bombs Awaynew
Inside the mind of a Palestinian suicide bomber: That's the guarded territory broached in Paradise Now, a film fashioned as a thriller rather than a psychological study.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-17-2005 |
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Palestine Now?new
Even though there's an implied pacifist message in his film Paradise Now, the Nazareth-born filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad says he wants audiences to make up their own minds about how Palestinian rights might be achieved.
Boston Phoenix |
Gerald Peary |
11-11-2005 |
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Palestinian Slackers Pursue Martyrdomnew
The aimless, wheel-turning feel eventually detracts from Hany Abu-Assad's real message: that rather than faceless terrorists, there are people with reasons - even misguided, cruel or vindictive ones - for their violence.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-10-2005 |
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Dying for Undying Fame
If the theme of Jarhead is killers wanting to kill, the theme of Paradise Now is killers wondering if they should kill.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
11-04-2005 |
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