Collected Essays

Radu A. Davidescu

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Godard, Revolution and Representation

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Considering Jean-Luc Godard's Ici et Ailleurs (1974) as an 'in-between' point of view consisting of the "complex interweav...
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Eran Riklis' Lemon Tree and Gillo Pontecorvo's Battle of Algiers

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The rule of law (or perceived rule of the perceived law) functions as a framework in both Eran Riklis' 2008 Lemon Tree and in Gillo Pon...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Elia Suleiman's Divine Intervention

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Suleiman's Divine Intervention uses the concept of Foucault's "effective history" to transform the "historian's ...

Hany Abu-Assad's Paradise Now

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The importance in constructing a narrative around the contested identity of the suicide bomber lies primarily in the need to contextualize...
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Paradise Now, Curfew and Divine Intervention

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As Palestinian films, both Abu-Assad's Paradise Now and Masharawi's Curfew convey the Palestinian "experience" through ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009

John Greyson's 14.3 Seconds

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As a faux-documentary, Greyson's 14.3 Seconds can be deceiving in its depiction of a history that never was. However, taking into consi...
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