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| The Believer [2001] | ![The Believer [2001]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516MJ2M441L._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Henry Bean
Actors: Ryan Gosling, Summer Phoenix, Peter Meadows, Garret Dillahunt, Kris Eivers
Studio: Pathe Distribution
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With IThe Believer/I, his first film as director, screenwriter Henry Bean wastes no time in going for the jugular. In the opening scene a timid Yeshiva student is chased off a New York subway train, racially abused and savagely beaten up by a ranting skinhead, and from then on in the level of hatred and violence rarely abates. But the passion that fuels the film is as much psychological as physical. The skinhead Danny Balint is the film?s protagonist, and his anti-Semitic venom has an unusual cause: he?s Jewish himself.p Bean, whose previous work as a scriptwriter (IMulholland Falls/I and the like) has been accomplished but not exceptional, tackles this fraught subject with a strong sense of personal commitment. He doesn?t go for easy targets, either. Like Edward Norton's character in IAmerican History X/I, Danny is no mindless thug: he?s intelligent and frighteningly articulate, and he can argue his case with mouth and brains no less than with fists and boots. The film traces his attitude back to his schooldays, when he revolted against the unquestioning submission to Orthodox doctrine that his teachers tried to instil. Faced with a group of Holocaust survivors he denounces them for their passivity in the face of oppression. "Kill your enemies!" he tells them scornfully.p There?s a lot of talk in this film, and several of the characters are little more than mouthpieces for their respective views. (If Bernard Shaw had ever written a play about anti-Semitism, it might have come out rather like this.) But the play of ideas is passionate and deeply felt, and as the tormented Danny, constantly drawn back to the faith he despises, Ryan Gosling gives a riveting performance. This is an intense, anguished film that dares to pose deeply disquieting questions. --IPhilip Kemp/I pBOn the DVD/B: Although the disc only has one special feature, "Anatomy of a Scene", courtesy of the Sundance Channel, it is an interesting and informative dissection of the filming processes, the casting and the controversial and moving script. The visuals are on top form with 16:9 widescreen, but the sound is a disappointment--only mustering a 2.0 Dolby Digital Stereo. --INikki Disney/I
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 You just don't get it, do you? April 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The main complaint people have with this movie is that they don't "get it." They don't understand certain things about it, or they had too many unanswered questions after it was over. Well, I'm actually quite sick of people disliking a movie simply because it isn't spoon-fed to them by a director who so desperately wants to appeal to even the lowest common denominator that he or she will even wipe their audience's chins.br /br /So you don't get it...think about it...discuss it with someone who MIGHT have understood it. To quote the late Bill Hicks; listen, read...THINK. So you have unanswered questions...so what? Does a movie have to spell everything out in the simplest terms just so that no one will feel left out? I, for one, don't like it when a movie comes at me with the attitude of a school teacher, talking down to me like I'm a six year old. American History X was a great movie until it started preaching to me...then it kind of lost me. See, I get the point of the movie without the aid of PMSWV (Preachy Morals for the Slow-Witted Viewer)...so that kind of stuff turns me off.br /br /So, The Believer left some points fairly ambiguous. Yeah...so what? Since when did ambiguity become a bad thing? I don't want the answer to everything sewn up into a neat little package and dropped into my lap when the credits roll. At that point, there's nothing to think about. You just pop the DVD out of the player and pop in the next. And if that's what you like...mindless entertainment that presents no opportunity for independent thought beyond the strict confines of its carefully laid out, all-encompassing moral perspective, then this film isn't for you.br /br /But, as someone who likes a bit of ambiguity now and again, as well as a story that I can think about afterwards...not to mention great direction and electrifying performances...I give this movie five stars.
Compelling story and truly interesting take on Judaism November 14, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had seen the Believer at the cinema, and have recently seen it again in DVD. This movie had left a strong impression on me, and the feeling has been confirmed after watching it again. br /It is the story (inspired by the true story of a certain Daniel Burros) of a young Neo-Nazi Jew taken in the net of contradictions between his religion/roots and his antisemitic ideology, between the quest for meaning and self-hatred. One might have feared cliches and simplistic psychology, but none of these in that movie. The actor (whose performance some newspapers rightly compared to De Niro's in Taxi Driver) perfectly incarnates this young man undergoing a metaphysicial crisis -- a rebel rejecting his roots and religion, but prisioner, despite himself, of his own identity, which will constantly catch him up. br /Metaphysical questioning and very interesting reflexions on judaism makes this movie powerful, thought-provoking and excellent (careful though : several violent scenes). br /The non-manicheistic, quite existentialist end brings more questions than answers and illustrates the inner questioning and complex / yet coherent psychology of Daniel, the protagonist. br /br /In short, an intense and powerful movie, that I strongly recommend. Let me quote the words of Mr Maurice Samuel (a Jewish author) which echo Daniel's own questioning and self-destructive behaviour : br /br /". . . we Jews, br /the destroyers, will remain the destroyer forever. . . nothing that the br /Gentiles will do will meet our needs and demands". br /br /When it was released, the Believer didn't find a film distributor in USA, and remained confidential there -- given the anti-Hollywood treatment of the subject, this is no surprise. Yet the film was released in various European countries and Israel as well. It won the Grand Jury Prize in Sundance Festival in 2001.
Believe October 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ryan Gosling is terrific in this. His performance is absolutely spellbinding. We see him as Daniel, rising through the ranks of a a fictional American Neo-Fascist party.We see the pain of his contradictions and his inner-suffering as he attempts to reconcile his orthodox religious past with the anti-Jewish side of his identity.There is much religious symbolism and it all builds towards an amazing existential conclusion. A `must-see'.
A cut above the rest June 4, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Although graphic to watch in places this film is highly deserving of any praise it receives. It deals with a controversial subject remarkably well and with real power. It also comes at it from a new angle, that of the Jewish Nazi, which gives it that extra edginess. I have rarely seen a film that left me thinking of it's issues so long and recommending it to so many people.
Ryan Gosling deserves an Oscar March 29, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This film is raw, gritty and powerful, but more than that it is so rough around the edges that you can't tell at times whether it's a documentary or a film. This film is Oscar material, Ryan Goslings performance is so intense and conflicted that he sincerely deserved an Oscar for his excellent effort in this film.br /br /All the actors do a good job in this film (though it may have been interesting to see more conversing between Billy Zane and Ryan Goslings character). Theresa Russel reminded me of my Right-wing teachers at Primary school - very intimidating.br /br /The Director really did a superb job here and created alot of empathy (and sympathy) for Ryan Gosling's character. Like Tim Roth's character in Made in Britain he is an intellectual, who feels shackled by society and Liberalism and the only way he can stand against is by being part of the Right-wing and opposing the State.br /br /I felt this film shed alot of light on Judaism and actually gave me a better understanding of it (and it wasn't done in a preachy manner).br /br /An excellent film, worthy of five stars and well worth a watch for those who like their films more raw than the usual Hollywood fare.
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