Documentary films often rely extensively on archival film, and dealing with different archive sources and the variety of formats involved can become a significant headache. For The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers, co-producer and editor Nimrod Erez had to deal with hundreds of sources and dozens of video formats. As editor and co-producer, Erez ran the post-production department, overseeing the additional editors brought in to work on the picture and seeing the movie through grading and final picture. The film will be released this year and is the second and final part to follow The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers, which was released in 2013. The […]...
- 2/4/2015
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Documentary films often rely extensively on archival film, and dealing with different archive sources and the variety of formats involved can become a significant headache. For The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers, co-producer and editor Nimrod Erez had to deal with hundreds of sources and dozens of video formats. As editor and co-producer, Erez ran the post-production department, overseeing the additional editors brought in to work on the picture and seeing the movie through grading and final picture. The film will be released this year and is the second and final part to follow The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers, which was released in 2013. The […]...
- 2/4/2015
- by Michael Murie
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Richard Trank's The Prime Ministers: The Pioneers chronicles the first 60 years of Israel's existence and the politicians who served as its global face, but this particular rendition of a history often told is little more than propaganda. It's based on a book of the same title by ambassador Yehuda Avner, who is also the doc's premier talking head, and is sponsored by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an L.A.–based organization named for the famous Nazi-hunter that focuses on "racism in America and the history of the Holocaust." But Trank directs the viewer's attention neither toward racism in America, nor directly toward the Holocaust (though no discussion of Israel's founding could avoid it), but rather toward a back-slapping view of American-Israeli political...
- 10/16/2013
- Village Voice
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