{"id":31032,"date":"2016-07-08T11:33:32","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=31032"},"modified":"2016-07-09T04:57:18","modified_gmt":"2016-07-09T10:57:18","slug":"quentin-tarantino-opens-jerusalem-film-fest-shares-love-of-israeli-b-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/quentin-tarantino-opens-jerusalem-film-fest-shares-love-of-israeli-b-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Quentin Tarantino opens Jerusalem Film Fest; shares love of Israeli B-Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By MICHAEL ZEFF<\/p>\n<p>Jerusalem (TPS) \u2013 \u00a0The annual International Jerusalem Film Festival commenced on Thursday night, at the Jerusalem Cinematheque. Award winning film director Quentin Tarantino surprised audiences by opening the festival and revealed to Tazpit Press Service (TPS) that he is no stranger to Israeli films, old and new.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_31051\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31051\" class=\"wp-image-31051 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GRS_1621\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31051\" class=\"wp-image-31051 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GRS_1621\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/GRS_1621-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-31051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Quentin Tarentino at the 2016 Jerusalem Film Festival. (Photo by David Michael Cohen\/TPS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Jerusalem Film Festival was inaugurated in 1984 after Jewish philanthropist and cinematographer, Lia van Leer, served as a judge at the Cannes film festival and decided to organize a similar event in Israel. Beyond its contribution to Israeli film, the festival is one of the only platforms that present \u00a0international contemporary cinematic trends to its local audiences, and introduces its international guests to Israeli cinema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m now somewhat familiar with Israeli movies, [they are] not bad,\u201d Tarantino told TPS, during the opening gala of the festival at the Jerusalem Cinematheque.<\/p>\n<p>Tarantino who was dubbed by several film critics as \u201can encyclopedia of movies,\u201d is known for his extensive knowledge and taking influence from various foreign, independent, low-budgetand obscure films. And according to Tarantino himself, Israeli films also have their place in his heart and mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI enjoyed <i>Big Bad Wolves<\/i>. actually I really loved <i>Big Bad Wolves<\/i>,\u201d Tarantino told TPS. \u201cAnd there\u2019s the classic Israeli film \u2018<i>Eagles Attack at Dawn<\/i>,\u2019 not to confused with the Israeli one about Entebbe operation, that\u2019s \u2018<i>Operation Thunderbolt<\/i>\u2019, but it\u2019s also good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Big Bad Wolves <\/i>is an independent 2013 horror-thriller written and directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado. Tarantino himself lauded the film as \u201cthe best film of 2013.\u201d While <i>Eagles Attack at Dawn<\/i> is a 1970 Israeli low-budget action film directed by Menahem Golan and starring Yehorm Gaon, about an Israeli commando team breaking IDF prisoners of war from a Syrian prison.<\/p>\n<p>Tarantino, who was a surprise guest of the festival, arrived to screen a restored 35-millimeter copy of his Oscar-winning film, <i>Pulp Fiction<\/i>, from his own personal archive and hold a special panel with the audience.<\/p>\n<p>During the Festival\u2019s opening ceremony at Sultan\u2019s Pool by foot of the Old City walls, Tarantino was given a special award by Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, and Jerusalem Mayor, Nir Barkat for his contribution to cinematic art.<\/p>\n<p>This is Tarantino\u2019s second visit to Israel. His previous visit was in 2009 when he promoted his controversial World War II fantasy, <i>Inglourious Bastards<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>The festival\u2019s opening ceremony concluded with a premiere of Spanish director Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u2019s newest film, <i>Julieta<\/i>. The film\u2019s leading actress, Emma Su\u00e1rez, who played the titular role was another guest of the festival.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Quentin%20Tarantino%20opens%20Jerusalem%20Film%20Fest%3B%20shares%20love%20of%20Israeli%20B-Movies\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7139],"tags":[7950,8790,8795,8788,7951],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31032"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31053,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31032\/revisions\/31053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}