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City of Joel 2018
The story itself is more interesting than the movie, but making this movie was a feat as a whole. The movie’s main plot focuses on local political conflict, with the subplot being the fascinating City of Joel.
Kiryas Joel (Kiri-yas Joel [Yo-el], KJ) is, in short, a small town in Orange County, New York. It is a Hasidic community founded¹ by Joel Teitelbaum in the 1970s.
The film City of Joel is storied around the tension between the town of…
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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe 1980
The film opens on Werner talking about how destructive television is; talk shows, commercials, Bonanza, Rawhide.
Werner didn’t think Errol Morris would finish his film, Gates of Heaven, so Werner said he would eat his shoe if he did.
Errol didn’t think he could even make a film because he didn’t have any money, but Werner encouraged him:
Money doesn’t make films. You just do it and take the initiative.
This film is strangely frozen in time; linear television, free…
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