Language:
English
Year of publication:
2018
Titel der Quelle:
Jewish Film & New Media; an International Journal
Angaben zur Quelle:
6,1 (2018) 1-27
Keywords:
Cast a giant shadow (Motion picture)
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Motion pictures Plots, themes, etc.
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Jews Identity
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Motion pictures and the war
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Motion pictures
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Israel History War of Independence, 1948-1949
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Motion pictures and the war
Abstract:
"Cast a Giant Shadow" (1966) has usually been viewed by scholars as part of a group of pro-Israeli Hollywood films, such as Exodus (1960), that delivered to their viewers a heroic "new Jew" who was perceived as the antithesis of the Jewish Holocaust victim. Its writer-director-producer, Melville Shavelson, believed that the film was a failure, yet he chose to return to the story of its making in subsequent publications and to its themes in books and a television film. By analyzing these works, this article constructs additional contexts for understanding Cast a Giant Shadow. These include the film's relation to the US war in Vietnam, its significance for the Israeli film industry, and especially its role in exploring American Jewishness and its complex and shifting relationship to Israel.
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