Review of Exodus (1960) by Dr. A — 27 Aug 2014
Exodus... or how Zionism was romanticized for an American audience to get a broader acceptance in times when good and reliable information was scarce and people still trusted cinema as their source of news as in the times of news reels.
This film is pure Zionist propaganda, with terrible stilted acting, triumphalist unreal dialogue and an inane fictional scenario, like all propaganda films tend to be.
In short: it's chuck full of romantic bullshit, ergo gratia, a group of Jewish immigrants pull a Masada on a ship off the coast of Cyprus and so on and so forth with an ending that will make any self-respecting viewer's stomach turn or even vomit.
How unfortunate that many, if not most, of the places here depicted have been destroyed by the very same people this film tries to sanitize and exult.
This film could easily be placed up there (or more appropriately "down there") with the Nazi film Jud Süß ("Süss the Jew").
3:30 hours LOOOONG... no wonder comedian Mort Sahl, so they say, when attending the premiere, apparently bored by the lengthy film, stood up after three hours and exclaimed, "Otto, let my people go!" Can't deny that both cinematography and locations were amazing, therefore I'm giving it a very generous high mark of 2 stars out of 5.
This review of Exodus (1960) was written by Dr. A on 27 Aug 2014.
Exodus has generally received positive reviews.
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