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LONG STRANGE TRIP — Amir Bar-Lev Interview

May 10, 2017 By Leave a Comment

LONG STRANGE TRIP — Amir Bar-Lev Interview

LONG STRANGE TRIP is a glorious four hours dedicated to The Grateful Dead that I watched in one big gulp, and that left me wanting more. So when I spoke with director Amir Bar-Lev on April 14, 2017, my first question was about his reaction when he realized that he would not be constrained by… Read More »

Tagged With: Al Franken, Alan Watts, buddhism, concerts, Dark Star, Dead Head, Frankenstein, Grateful Dead, improvisation, Jerry Garcia, Joe Smith, John Barlow, memento mori, Michel Gondrey, myth, parables, psychedelia, religion, Robert Hunter, Spike Jonze, The Beats, Trixie Garcia

Amir Bar-Lev Visits HAPPY VALLEY

January 9, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Amir Bar-Lev Visits HAPPY VALLEY

Avoiding black holes. Amir Bar-Lev used that term when describing his approach to interviewing a victim of child sexual abuse, and it was a strikingly original way to describe how he wanted to be honest, but not salacious when it came to dealing with the charges against Jerry Sandusky in his documentary, HAPPY VALLEY. What… Read More »

Tagged With: Amir Bar-Lev, child sexual abuse, cinema, college football, college sports, documentary, film, Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, media, pedophilia, Penn State

Amir Bar-Lev Tells THE TILLMAN STORY

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Amir Bar-Lev Tells THE TILLMAN STORY

The story of Pat Tillman, who gave up a lucrative pro football career in order to enlist after 9/11, had all the makings of a legend. When he was killed in Afghanistan, the media and the military made him into a hero who gave his life to save his fellow soldiers. The problem was that… Read More »

Tagged With: 9/11, Afghanistan, American military, Amir Bar-Lev, cinema, controversy, documentary, film, hero worship, media manipulation, Pat Tillman, pro football, Silver Star

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