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‘Footnote’ – On Hereditary Stubbornness and Academic Vanity

Footnote Written and directed by Joseph Cedar Israel, 2011 Joseph Cedar’s acclaimed fourth film Footnote, coming as it does with a Best Screenplay award at Cannes 2011 and a Best Foreign Film Oscar nomination, is even by the less prescriptive ‘world film’ standards an incongruously successful offering. Rarely does a film as elitist in setting …

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