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captured by a band of Palestine
Liberation Organization fight-
ers; soon, however, Israeli and
Palestinians alike bond over their
love for soccer, revealing the human
similarities that underlie the rigid
dichotomies manufactured by the
ongoing conflict.
cup Final was Riklis' ground-
breaking work. His complex and
nuanced portrayal of PLO members,
then considered anathema by most
Israelis, was a cinematic first in Israel,
and it raised a question that has been
accompanying Riklis ever since. How,
critics and admirers alike asked, can
he portray the world as seen through
such a radically different viewpoint?
"You just need to be honest',' he
says. "Once you're honest, people don't
mind opening up to you, and then
you get the story right. That's what a
film director does; if there's a good
story about the Druze, I'll film it, just
as I would film a good story that took
place in China."
And yet, despite his claims for the
universality of good stories, he finds
himself constantly drawn back to
Israel, with all its glorious specificities
and complexities, still competing with
those of his colleagues who make
lighthearted cinematic fantasies.
For Riklis, reality beckons, even if,
at first glance, the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict or the plight of the Druze are
less sexy topics than the existential
ennui of twentysomethings in Tel Aviv.
He's not worried; he firmly believes, he
says, that once one goes to see one of
his films, one is likely to be drawn in,
engaged and entertained. •
"I have a duty:' he says with a mock
sigh. "A duty. A mission is too harsh
a word, I think, but a duty is just
right — to make films that reflect and
explore Israeli reality. I feel I have to
make this kind of film."
And why?
"Because if I don't:' he laughs, the
gap between his front teeth ever so
wide, "no one will."
Jewish theme. Speaking in a thick
Scottish accent from his car phone,
McGuigan says that while so many
scripts he sees are "quite generic:'
Smilovic showed a "refreshing" origi-
nality by not passing judgment on any
of his underworld figures. McGuigan
calls the screenwriter "quite a charac-
ter. He goes to bed and watches two
movies."
That knowledge of film lore
informs Slevin. Of course, there are
the homages to Tarantino. As in
Pulp Fiction, the story is told out of
sequence, with alternate scenarios,
multiple endings, and it even includes
a hit man named Goodkat, played by
Pulp Fiction veteran Bruce Willis, who,
like Clint Eastwood's Man With No
Name, plays the two warring families
against each other.
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The Syrian Bride screens at
7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday and at 4 p.m. Sunday,
April 7-9, at the Detroit Film
Theatre in the Detroit Institute of
Arts. $6.50-$7.50. (313) 833-3237.
It also will be shown as part of
this year's JCC-sponsored Lenore
Marwil Detroit Jewish Film
Festival, which runs April 30-
May 11 in area theaters. For more
information, go to djff.org .
Film Homage
Beginning with a race heist gone
wrong, Slevin, released by the newly
reopened distribution arm of MGM,
also pays tribute to The Killing,
Stanley Kubrick's classic film on
that subject from the 1950s, which
Smilovic calls one of his favorite mov-
ies.
As the opening credits of Slevin roll,
the camera moves down past Hebrew
letters and circled numbers. It takes
some time before we realize that these
cryptic numbers and letters pertain
not to the Kabbalah but to the ledger
of a Jewish bookie.
A series of murders follows. It is
only after a denouement evocative of
The Usual Suspects that we realize why
they involve Slevin, the title character
played by Josh Hartnett, who must
endure several broken noses through-
out the film.
The script is filled with rich dia-
logue and irony. Characters use terms
like "conundrum" and "notwithstand-
ing," formality that can't help but
point to the underlying wit of the
screenwriter, who says he "writes what
I'm feeling at that moment. I do my
best writing when I'm not thinking
too much. I try not to have too much
intention:' ❑
Lucky Number Slevin opens in
area theaters on Friday, April
7. Check your local movie list-
ings.