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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. MEAT TRAY Expires 4/30/06 M Y & Pick-up, Deliver or Service Staff Available 1096380 Early Supper Menu Daily from 5:30.7:00 pm Bar 248.681.2124 1978 Cass Lake Rd. Keego Harbor NOW SERVING BRUNCH SUNDAY 10-3 ❑ 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.