{"id":364,"date":"2013-03-06T19:10:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T19:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/blog\/?page_id=364"},"modified":"2020-12-13T22:44:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-14T03:44:45","slug":"field-diaryarena-of-murder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364","title":{"rendered":"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">1\/9\/2006<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?attachment_id=2024\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2024\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"196\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2024\" \/><\/a><\/a>Color, NR (mature themes), 156 min., DVD only $29.95 (also available in the three-disc box set Amos Gitai: Territories, $79.95), English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. DVD: no extras. Street: Jan. 31, Prebook: Jan. 10. First Run: L, 1982 and 1996, NA. Director: Amos Gitai. FACETS<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">On the eve of the U.S. release of visionary Israeli filmmaker Gitai&#8217;s highest-profile project to date (<em>Free Zone<\/em> with Natalie Portman), Facets is releasing a set of six Gitai documentaries. This double feature supplies an excellent introduction to his non-fiction work, encompassing both a piece of reportage (<em>Field Diary<\/em>) and a thoughtful and vibrant essay (<em>Arena<\/em>). At first glance, <em>Field Diary<\/em> (1982) has the appearance of a straightforward cinema verit\u00e9 study of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, but numerous on-screen titles and the unflinching way the camerawoman tracks Israeli soldiers on patrol clearly communicates Gitai&#8217;s eloquent pacifist message. This message is trumpeted loud and clear in <em>Arena<\/em> (1996), his reflection on the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The film is a mesmerizing collage juxtaposing footage of Gitai traveling around Israel, news broadcasts of the event and its aftermath, interviews with various experts (including Rabin&#8217;s widow) and rock songs addressing the incident. The emotion and visual beauty of both films set them apart from standard documentaries on the Middle East situation. Recommend to fans of cine-poets such as Jean-Luc Godard, Pier Pasolini and Abbas Kiarostami. \u2013<em>Ed Grant<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1\/9\/2006 Color, NR (mature themes), 156 min., DVD only $29.95 (also available in the three-disc box set Amos Gitai: Territories, $79.95), English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. DVD: no extras. Street: Jan. 31, Prebook: Jan. 10. First Run: L, 1982 and 1996, NA. Director: Amos Gitai. FACETS On the eve of the U.S. release [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":217,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-sidebar-none.php","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-364","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Field Diary\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"1\/9\/2006 Color, NR (mature themes), 156 min., DVD only $29.95 (also available in the three-disc box set Amos Gitai: Territories, $79.95), English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. DVD: no extras. Street: Jan. 31, Prebook: Jan. 10. First Run: L, 1982 and 1996, NA. Director: Amos Gitai. FACETS On the eve of the U.S. release [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Media Funhouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ed.grant.378\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-12-14T03:44:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@mediafunhouse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364\",\"name\":\"Field Diary\\\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Field-Diary.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-03-06T19:10:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-14T03:44:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Field-Diary.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/Field-Diary.jpg\",\"width\":288,\"height\":216},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=364#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Writings\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?page_id=217\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Field Diary\\\/Arena of Murder\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Media Funhouse\",\"description\":\"&quot;From high art to low trash and back again!&quot;\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Media Funhouse\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Funhouse-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/09\\\/Funhouse-logo.jpg\",\"width\":453,\"height\":267,\"caption\":\"Media Funhouse\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mediafunhouse.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ed.grant.378\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/mediafunhouse\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse","og_description":"1\/9\/2006 Color, NR (mature themes), 156 min., DVD only $29.95 (also available in the three-disc box set Amos Gitai: Territories, $79.95), English, Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. DVD: no extras. Street: Jan. 31, Prebook: Jan. 10. First Run: L, 1982 and 1996, NA. Director: Amos Gitai. FACETS On the eve of the U.S. release [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364","og_site_name":"Media Funhouse","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ed.grant.378","article_modified_time":"2020-12-14T03:44:45+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@mediafunhouse","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364","url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364","name":"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder - Media Funhouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg","datePublished":"2013-03-06T19:10:05+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-14T03:44:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Field-Diary.jpg","width":288,"height":216},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=364#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Writings","item":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?page_id=217"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Field Diary\/Arena of Murder"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/","name":"Media Funhouse","description":"&quot;From high art to low trash and back again!&quot;","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#organization","name":"Media Funhouse","url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Funhouse-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Funhouse-logo.jpg","width":453,"height":267,"caption":"Media Funhouse"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ed.grant.378","https:\/\/x.com\/mediafunhouse"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=364"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2026,"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/364\/revisions\/2026"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediafunhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}