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LYRICS BY ROTHBLIT

Titre Original LYRICS BY ROTHBLIT
Titre traduit
Réalisateur MELMAN
Deva
Distribution
Production Y.Bitton Productions
Année 2012
Format
Durée 52'
Langue Heb. st. Ang.
Musique Devek
Distinction
Interprètes
Résumé Les cinq disques de Yankeleh Rotblitt produits au cours des 33 dernières années, racontent l'histoire d'une double vie. Ce film est un dialogue avec la réalité quotidienne de la société israélienne et le développement personnel de l' artiste. Rotblitt a connu la gloire principalement par la qualité de ses textes qu'il a écrit et qui ont été mis en musique et chanté par d'autres. Ses textes ne sont pas particulièrement complexes ou exigeants de l'auditeur. Dans ce film, nous aimerions montrer toutes les facettes de l'auteur, de l'écriture des textes, à la composition de la musique et à la performance de ses propres chansons. La richesse de son oeuvre complexe suscite la réflexion. The five discs that Yankeleh Rotblitt produced during the last 33 years, tell the story of a double life, which this film examines; a dialogue with the daily reality of Israeli society along with the personal development of an artist. Rotblitt rose to fame mostly as a result of texts that he wrote and that were set to music and sung by others. These songs, as beautiful as they are, tend to be on the lighter side. They are not especially complex or demanding of the listener in the way his independent work is. In this film we would like to expose the audience to the entirety of his work – from the writing of the texts, to the composition of the music and to his performance of his own songs. His is a rich, complex and thought-provoking oeuvre. From his well-known songs such as “This is how I Liberated Jerusalem” and “The Land of the Jews” we get echoes of the public and the private Yankeleh Rotblitt. He shrouds himself with various personas – the clown, the Prophet, the settler, the Arab, as a way to assess issues that pertain to the basis of our existence. Questions that have to do with godliness, Judaism and Zionism, truth and bridging gaps. Meanings change over time as do the answers and the questions. His language changes as well, shifting between the vernacular and the biblical, taking on Arabic expressions and distorting English idioms. His poetry is full of word-play, double-entendres as well as a dialogue with other writers along with his own work. The difference between his albums is also present in his musical style – from McCartney and the Blues mixed in with Dylan, to rock and punk and even rap. Rotblitt’s works express social protest along with a deep and raw sadness. He is willing to take on questions without knowing the answers. His work is full of curiosity, death and renewal. In other words: wealth and logic, that which creates identification and make one angry, a sense of humor and that which leaves you speechless in the face of a prophet of doom
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Festival Haifa IFF 2012
Genre Documentaire
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