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West
Beirut |
| Ziad
Doueiri |
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New Yorker Films,
video, 1998.
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| Captures
the sociopolitical climate during the early days of the Lebanese Civil
War with remarkable accuracy and subtlety. The film is not a history
lesson, but rather zooms in on the texture of daily life in Beirut
in 1975. Telling the story of wartime Lebanon through the eyes of
teenagers allows Doueiri to focus on the fundamentally disorienting
experience of living in a splintering society. The film also proves
that humor can be an indispensible tool for survival. Winner of International
Critics Prize at the Toronto International Film Fesitval and the Directors
Fortnight at Cannes. VHS, 105 minutes. |
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