Jewish movies and Jewish music

[Katie Marcus <kmarcus...>]

In light of this discussion, I have to ask...

What do people think of the musical choices for The Prince of Egypt?  Do 
people think that the movie makers went for accuracy or were they simply 
playing off of the popular culture stereotypes toward biblical 
civilizations...

What about Jewish music and other bible movies?

-Katie



-----Original Message-----
From:   Citizen Kafka [SMTP:ckafka (at) dti(dot)net]
Sent:   Sunday, March 04, 2001 2:09 PM
To:     World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:        Re: Schindler's List and Jerusalem of Gold

Hi, Ari,

these are not nits! Millions of dollars and the creative talents of
hundreds of actors/actresses, set designers, lighting technicians,
special effects folks, editors, continuity people, (and all of the
rest), are spent to create a credible world within which the story
unfolds. Even one egregious flaw jolts the viewer back into the theatre
or living room, seriously weakening the great story-telling power of the
cinema.

in the context of the whole work, these points are small, but not
irrelevant. Musically, clunkers are pretty minor (smile); a work 5
minutes in length may have thousands of notes played, but, as we know,
one or two mistakes seem glaring and memorable... In a film, content
issues such as you've raised are crucial (and avoidable) parts of what
makes a film work.

take care,

citizen kafka

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Ari Davidow wrote:

"...Indeed, Spielberg seemed unaware at the time of the movie that there
was a difference between modern Israeli music, and what might have been
appropriate to the time and place of the movie--or how out of place it
might feel..."

"...so I especially don't want to be in the position of picking at
nits."


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