Underplayed Gems

Life Is Strange (2012)

Life Is Strange poster
Directed by
Isaac Hertz
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This documentary weaves together interviews with European Jews who recall their childhoods before World War II. It mixes their memories with old film footage to show a lost way of life. The speakers include prominent figures as well as ordinary people.

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What happens

Life Is Strange is a 2012 American documentary film of interviews giving an oral history portrait of the life of pre-World War II European Jews by filmmaker Isaac Hertz. The film juxtaposes the childhood memories of interviewees with archival footage. Interviewees include Israeli president Shimon Peres, author Uri Orlev, academics, Nobel laureates, and friends of the filmmaker, Walter Kohn, Robert J. Aumann, Alain Jakubowicz, Sammy Grundwerg, Ron Samuels, Zachary Cirino, Chaim Hertz, Arianne Brown, Artem Zuev and Jean-Michel Guirao. The film is 96 minutes long and explores pre-war Yiddish culture and the experience of living in a world very different from what it is like in the past. It has received criticism for the unclear reasoning behind the assortment of people interviewed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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