Brief Encounters: Documentary Visits to an Imagined Israel
Author:   Ohad Landesman (Tel Aviv University)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
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9798855806649


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 May 2026
Format:   Hardback
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Brief Encounters: Documentary Visits to an Imagined Israel


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Author:   Ohad Landesman (Tel Aviv University)
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9798855806649


Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 May 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Travelogue – From the Instructive Tourist Film to the Essayistic Excursion 2. Marker, Pasolini, and the Narrative of Disillusionment 3. Maysles, Dassin, and Sontag: Disaster and Deliverance in Two Wars 4. Lanzmann and Akerman: Traveling in a State of Internal Exile Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

Reviews

""This book offers a new and exciting perspective on the filmic representation of Israel. While much has been written about how Israeli cinema has represented Israel on film, the ways in which non-Israelis have portrayed Israel on film has received little attention. Landesman makes a compelling case as to why these films can and should be studied together, and his analyses of the films are insightful and erudite. This is a genuine contribution to Israeli film studies and to the study of documentary films more broadly."" — Eran Kaplan, author of Projecting the Nation: History and Ideology on the Israeli Screen


Author Information

Ohad Landesman is Assistant Professor in Film Studies in the Steve Tisch School of Film and Television, Tel Aviv University. He is the coeditor, with Laliv Melamed, of Truth or Dare: Selected Essays on Documentary Cinema.

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