Will the Academy give an Oscar to a notorious anti-Semite?
Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences intends to award iconic French-Swiss filmmaker Jean Luc Godard with an honorary Oscar.
Hollywood’s Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences intends to award an honorary Oscar to iconic French-Swiss filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard on November 13. But will the academy be honoring a notoriously vocal, albeit French-speaking, anti-Semite?
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Admired for avant-garde films like “Breathless” (1960); “My Life to Live” (1962) and “Contempt” (1963), Godard is one of the last survivors of French cinema’s New Wave movement, after the death in January of director Éric Rohmer and the premature 1984 demise of Godard’s colleague and ex-friend, François Truffaut. The friendship between Godard and Truffaut dissolved by the end of the 1960s because of the former’s anti-Semitism, according to two new biographies: “Godard” by film historian Antoine de Baecque, published in Paris in March, and “Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard” (2008) by Richard Brody.
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Notorius zionist screen writer Ben Hetch was Oscar awarded! so don't mind!!
Godard is a notorious anti-Semite? I can't believe the quality of this newspaper.
Or were they not ????
Who cares?
Some similarities to Godard. Griffith turned a very popular racist novel and play into a movie. His next movie, "Intolerance," is said to be an act of repentance. Even so, his name, attached to the American Directors' Guild Award in 1953, was removed from it in 1999.
It depends on if the award is for his talent or his opinions. Duh.
I doubt Potoback or Durson would ever get a job or a date for that matter, if they had to share thier political ignorance upfront...........Why would this clown be any diferent. No matter how good or bad his work may be, if hes an ignorant hater he will be sidelined as one. Shalom.
I don't know if Goddard is anti-Semitic or anti-Zionist. But I have seen a number of his movies and he is a great filmmaker whose Oscar is long overdue. His films that I have seen are not anti-semitic. Unfortunately, the charge of anti-Semitism has been abused by some Zionists to the point that many people of good will have become skeptical of the charge.
What kind of crap is this - Why not be given to him - Being Anti Semetic is his perogative - What it had to do with being an artist of exceptional stature. He should surely be given this award - When are we going to grow up and stop crying like babies - Shame on us - Anti Semetic is being used so much right, left and center that it has lost its meaning - The world does not give a damn what we think - who are we - not even 15 million in a world of 6.25 Billion - Hollywood is different ball game - We rule it - for how long???? - maybe we will prevail being bigoted again and not give the Oscar to him - But is this right ? That is what we all need to ponder upon. We have to understand - we can't make people think and say what we like - Anti Semeticm is going to increase this way - Ignore it - stop being petty and selfish and small minded
And Y:L: would be the first one to deny JL .Go. was antisemitic
..and that's what makes him an exceptional artist. This jewish inquisition becomes a head-ache.
Mel Gibson and his father are trully troubled people. I did not see the movie "The Passion" but I think it won some awards for merit of some sort. I have not seen any of Goddard's movies but if they are of artistic merit as seen by the Oscar people then let them give it to him. His movies were not anti-semitic...if they were he would not deserve an Oscar.
If he's an anti-semite he's done a fine job concealing it. I've seen nothing substantial to suggest it, so i would flag this as an attempt to drag a man's name through the mud for exciting press
There is a saying that you don't have to like chickens to enjoy omelets.
all of you who refuse to jews a state are antisemites because there is a jewish people not just a jewish religion; a people who lived in judea was expelled and returned tio his land evry people has a right to his land language history so for the jews it is obvious so refusing this right and giving it to the palestinians this is antisemitism even if it is a new form
Time has come for Anti Semitism as well as its "acceptable" and pseudohumanitarian disquise Rabiat Incitement Against The State of Israel - as opposed to specified criticism of particular aspects of Israeli Government Policies , aimed at good willing correction - as a pure and simple Mental Illness (just as had been proposed by Zeev Jabotinsky at the wake of Nazism in Europe). It is then fully compatible that a genious fimmaker, that may fully be Prize worthy, makes anti Jewish statements, and insults incites agains the Jewish Community , Persons and Israel for which he must obtain due therapy=Criminal Psychiatric Ward. Sylvia Sztern-SempreLovingM.G.
we can often seperate out a man's flaws from his artistic work, but some flaws profoundly taint the man, and that seems the case with Godard. personally i will never go look at any of his movies and will raise the issue with cinemaphiles. thanks for the artilce.
Even Godard’s friends and collaborators, like the French-Jewish filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin, can find themselves insulted. In 1973, Gorin contacted Godard to be paid for his collaborative work on 1972’s “Tout Va Bien” (“Everything’s Fine”), to which Godard responded, “Ah, it’s always the same: Jews call you when they hear a cash register opening.” one concrete instance he suggests that Godard’s exclamation of “filthy Jew,” taken by Braunberger as a deadly insult http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/52091383.html?thread=8912989175 In a 1978 lecture in Montreal, he spoke of his family’s own political history as World War II “collaborators” who rooted for a German victory, and of his grandfather as “ferociously not even anti-Zionist, but he was anti-Jew; whereas I am anti-Zionist, he was anti-Semitic.” http://www.jewishjournal.com/cover_story/article/jean-luc_godard_to_get_honorary_oscar_questions_of_anti-semitism_remain_201/
Avant garde ? The best word is "shiety",, In 10 years nobody will remenber him.
If academy doesn't give what he deserves for being not "Zionist" then shame on the academy!
Is that Godard's films are deathly boring. While Hollywood has always feted kooks of all varieties, this is bonehead for trying to create the impression that Hollywood values auteurs and intellectual work. Like World Wrestling Federation giving a prize to Stephen Hawking. Smart, but still boring.
Were his movies antisemitic?
What is anti-Zionist about "sale juif"? He is pro Palestinian because of his hatred of Jews not because of his love for the Palestinians
Just read it. He called a producer "filthy Jew" in the presence of Truffaut, causing Truffaut to break with him. And he said to another producer, “Ah, it’s always the same: Jews call you when they hear a cash register opening.” There are also some lines even in his films. Godard's anti-Zionism, which is in the realm of fantasy, seems to stem from his antisemitism. E.g., he says Jews chose to go to the gas chambers to bring about the state of Israel.... It's not that difficult to fool Colin Wright on this topic. Voltaire, Proudhon, Gobineau...lots of French antisemites. "Vladek" is slick, but also not in touch with the truth.
What does any of that (if true) have to do with the quality of his movies, which is what the award is about?
There is an interesting dichotomy. When artistic work is denounced on the basis of its maker being Jewish (e.g., the Nazis), that is condemned because one should judge the work, not the maker. On the other hand, if the maker is anti-semitic (e.g., Wagner, for instance), the maker's views condemn the work. His works deserve an Oscar.
Sadly your observation is correct. But we are all hypocrites but we never want to accept it. We all look of points of difference between our view & the other person even if we have to manufacture it. But I am lucky, I just don't like his work.
If the maker is Jewish, he or she is a member of an ethnic and religious group. If the maker is Wagner or Godard, he is a racist bigot who expressly validates murder.
Jean-Luc Godard was expressly anti-Zionist but not anti-Semitic. It would be well for many people to learn the distinction between the two before damaging someone's reputation. Unfortunately the ADL contributes to character assassination with their anti-Israel listings of even faithful Jews that criticize Israel's policies and practices.
I assumed they meant 'anti-semitic' in the old-fashioned way. That would have been a bit distasteful.
Fortunately, there are some honest and educated people in the world.
You can try to dance around it, but when you are against the Jewish State of Israel, then you are against Jews. I'm sure some of your best friends are Jewish, though, right?
while he certainly is not anti-semitic, as per correct definition of this misused term, i would not dismiss that he harbors anti-jewish sentiment. adl is a problem case and does not always serve its overall mission - point given, but calling someone "sale juif" is not to be taken lightly either in particular given that there have been somewhat subsequent remarks. genius or not: it is hard to balance the knowledge of any individual's point of view in that department and creation.
So you wouldn't mind being called "Sale Juif" ,because in your case it would be patently false ,you are an ardent anti-Zionist ?
It is not Anti-Zionism that Godard called the producer Pierre Braunberger a "filthy Jew". It is not Anti-Zionism that Godard does not apologize for this remark. This is just an anti-semitic outburst. One can honor his films but should not produce excuses for anti-semitic behavior.
One can say that Israel acts in an improper way; but to say that the Jewish state doesn't have a right to exist (anti-zionist) is anti-semitic! Have a good day!
however, to say that Jews purposefully allowed themselves be slaughtered in the Nazi gas chambers in order to bring about the state of Israel IS anti-semitic. The point that everyone seems to be missing is that his films have a depth of pretension yet to be rivaled. See Alphaville - steaming pile.
if one applies different standards to the state of israel that they do to other countries this is antisemetic.
Then if I'm against Iran I'm against Islam, if I'm against Greece I'm against Christianity and if I'm against Nepal I'm against Buddhism? Nonsense. Judaism is a religion, Israel is a country. One can be against a country and not its offical religion.
Denial of the Jewish people's right to self-determination and national identity is indeed anti-Semitism. Holding Israel to a standard that no other nation is held and dismissing Israel's sovereign rights such as protection of its citizens and its territory IS the definition of anti-Semitism by the European Union.
Jewish Voice for Peace has just been designated as antisemitic by the ADL...The organization & Rabbi Brant Rosen celebrates this designation as it further marginalizes the ADL as a serious organization.
...and several of my various girlfriends, and about 30% of the people I grew up with, and (in all likelihood) my great-great grandfather.
It's always difficult to appreciate the art of an individual who, in private, may be a thoroughly obnoxious and bigoted person. But I think it's possible to honour someone's artistic worth without endorsing his personal views on anything else. True, the examples in the article show that Godard flaunted his antisemitism in ordinary conversation in his work relationships, but so too did Wagner. Give him the Oscar, warn him to keep a civil tongue in his head when he comes to thank the Academy and if he makes any unsavoury remarks, stage a mass walk-out.
. . . and there's a street in Jerusalem named after him!
How could Chopin have been opposed to Israel?
not to mention Voltaire, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Mel Gibson, Richard Wagner, Richard Strauss and...............
and Chopin might have got it from there ,convertites are usualy very eager to spit on their own blood ,but it's more probable his mistress George Sand was influencing him ,she was an antisemite
Sorry dude. Franklin it has been conclusively proven Franklin has been posthumously accused of being an anti-semitic. Also, to Colin above, you're kidding with your comment, right?
being anti-Israel or anti-Zionist, doesn't make one anti-semitic - as most of my anti-Zionist haredi neighbours show
being anti-Israel or anti-Zionist, doesn't make one anti-semitic - as most of my anti-Zionist haredi neighbours show
...Karl Marx, Woody Allen...
Chopin is the worst.
cease the obsession of the anti-semitic. it would help us.
Typical biased response. I think it would be a lot better called for cessation of the stupidity of being anti-semitic.
Using the anti-semitic label blindly against all people against israel is irresponsible and wrong. Most people who are against israel are not against the judaic religion. Please be honest.
Lets face the facts eh. We were the first religion on which all of your were built. Trhoughout history we were always a thorn in the side of your growing religions. Palestine is an Islamic and arab issue
Palestine must return back to the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim Palestinians. This is not a religious war, but a political war over land and justice. Plain and simple. Please keep religion out of it.
Since when does Judiasm have anything to do with being anti-semitic? There are many secular Jews in in Israel and, more importantly, persecution of Jews does not require the offender to determine the "religiousness" of the Jew. Be real.
But there are Jews, Christians and Muslims living in Palestine. They live in a free, democratic country where everybody has rights. In 20% of Palestine (just the name of a region, never a country), in Israel. The rest of Palestine is Jordan and Judenrein Gaza.
The issue of settlements is only because the settlers are Jews. If a moslem was to build his home in Judea Samaria nobody would object to his being a settler on so called occupied land. This is purely a religious war - nothing about is poiitical.
Excessive critisim of Israel and only Israel is a cover up for anti-semitism. Surely even you know it.
But not all critics of Israel are anti-semites, (Stipulate that Palestinian people are semetic). We have a tendency to be suspicious of critics b/c of the above.
The persians would like their ancient sun-god back.
Christians and Muslims live better and even Palestines live better in Israel than in any country that surrounds it. Moreover since the Anti-Zionist objection to Israel's existance is based on the Jewish nature of it then yes the position of Anti-Zionism is the same as Antisemitism regardless of how you try to window dress it.
The Christian bible does not speak kindly of Jews and the Jewish bible is intolerant of other faiths. As for Palestine being a Jewish and Islamic issue, don't forget that Palestine is the birthplace of Christianity. Ultimately, Israel/Palestine is a multi ethnic nation that is the birthplace of Christianity and Judaism and, for over 1,500 years, the homeland of the ancestors of contemporary Palestinian people. So get over the idea that any one group can claim exclusive rights to Palestine or that the Palestinians will ever agree to living on 22% of the land in a demilitarized state with the IDF occupying the Jordan Valley and controlling Palestine's borders and airspace. Peace will come only when Jews and Arabs accept the fact that Israel/Palestine is one state and all its people deserve equal rights and that the Palestinians need to be compensated for the Naqba as Jewish victims were compensated for the Nazi Holocaust.
The romans invented this term to humiliate Jews. It means the land of the Philistins who were not Arabs. There were not even Arabs in the land of Israel at the time. Arabs had not moved yet from the Arab peninsula. This land does not belong to Muslims or Christians who all came way later, it belong to the Jewish people end of the story.
I've met at least two anti-semites who support Israel. You don't have to love Jews; just hate Arabs even more.
there are anti-semites all over the world, also in France and in the French-speaking world. Just remember Emile Zola's "J'accuse".
Just as the vehement antisemitism spoken in Arabic gets by much of the non-Arabic-speaking world. Why MEMRI is useful.
How they can deny an Oscar to anyone on any grounds whatsoever other than lack of artistic merit after that escapes me. After all, if you can forcibly drug and sodomize a thirteen year old, what precisely WOULD rule you out?
Silly, Polansky didnt receive his oscar for raping that girl, but because he was jewish and made a movie about the holocaust, like benigni, spielberg etc. you know what you have to do to get an oscar. The case of goddard is different he is a marxist, and read 'the jewish question' about how jewish bankers invented capitalism ruin nations and then nations revenge in the poor jewish left behind, the comment of goddard refers to the offer of hitler to the kahila and sanhedrin to sell jews of the pale of settlement, the offer was denied because they were 'impure'... he is an 'ideological' anti-semite of the left wing side.
people from Stern.