The Seven Tapes
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| Hebrew | 7 הסלילים של יונה וולך |
| Directed by | Yair Qedar |
| Edited by | Yael Badrashi |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Language | Hebrew |
The Seven Tapes (Hebrew: 7 הסלילים של יונה וולך, romanized: Sheva Haslilim Shel Yona Walach) is a 2012 Israeli biographical documentary film by Yair Qedar. The film is a portrait of the poet Yona Wallach, based on a series of interviews she made with Hilit Yeshurun. The film premiered at the 2012 Jerusalem Film Festival, where it won the Best Film and Best Sound awards in the documentary film competition. It is the second film in the documentary series "Ha'Ivrim".
Synopsis
More than 25 years after the death of Yona Wallach's, the poet who became a legend in Israel's literary canon, several lost tape reels are found, upon which are recorded interviews conducted by Hilit Yeshurun in 1984, when Wallach was on her deathbed. Wallach's voice, as recorded on the tapes, is the foundation of the film, accompanied by additional interviews, archive footage, and animated clips of her poetry. In the interviews, Wallach talks about her writing process, her approach to god, stories about different experiences she had, and her attraction to insanity, sex, and drugs. The result is a combination of autobiography and biography.[1]
Critical reception
In his Portfolio magazine review, Yuval Saar asks: "When was the last time you were really moved? But really?" and goes on to say that it doesn't happen to him often, but it happened when he saw this film, which moved him to tears.[2] Habama website called it an exciting and moving encounter with an extraordinary artist.[3] In Time Out, Yael Shuv called the film "rich and thrilling", and commended the choice to animate her words, in a style she calls "interesting, varied and edgy". Yonatan Berg wrote: "The film is awe inspiring. The design of the film by Yaron Shein is brilliant and innovative, and the switching between visual images in the film parallels the verbal frenzy that sometimes prevails in Wallach's writing.[4]
References
- ^ סלע, מיה (2012-07-06). "יונה וולך מפרקת ובונה מחדש מיתוס". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ^ "7 הסלילים של יונה וולך". מגזין פורטפוליו (in Hebrew). 2012-07-11. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ^ "תיאטרון - 7 הסלילים של יונה וולך". הבמה. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
- ^ "ללא חומר בידוד / יונתן ברג". מוסף "שבת" - לתורה, הגות ספרות ואמנות (in Hebrew). 2012-11-16. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
