Un giovane ebreo sviluppa una filosofia ferocemente antisemitica. Basato sulla storia vera di un membro del Ku Klux Klan negli anni sessanta, del quale un giornalista del New York Times rive... Leggi tuttoUn giovane ebreo sviluppa una filosofia ferocemente antisemitica. Basato sulla storia vera di un membro del Ku Klux Klan negli anni sessanta, del quale un giornalista del New York Times rivela le origini ebree.Un giovane ebreo sviluppa una filosofia ferocemente antisemitica. Basato sulla storia vera di un membro del Ku Klux Klan negli anni sessanta, del quale un giornalista del New York Times rivela le origini ebree.
- Premi
- 6 vittorie e 10 candidature
- O.L.
- (as Joel Garland)
- Young Avi
- (as James G. McCaffrey)
Trama
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- QuizDue to the film's low budget, the crew could not afford permits and many scenes had to be shot quickly.
- BlooperIn the final synagogue segment, while the congregation is singing "Aveenu Malchenu," they keep changing keys from shot to shot, up a half-step and down a half-step and back up again, indicating a string of takes edited together.
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Daniel Balint: Let me put it this way: Who wants to destroy the Jews? Who wants to grind their bones into the dust? And who wants to see them rise again? Wealthier, more successful, powerful, cultured, more intelligent than ever? Then you know what we have to do? We have to love 'em. What? Did he say ''Love the Jews''? It's strange, I know. But with these people, nothing is simple. The Jew says all he wants is to be left alone to study his Torah... do a little business... fornicate with his oversexed wife,but it's not true. He wants to be hated. He longs for our scorn. He clings to it, as if it were the very core of his being. If Hitler had not existed, the Jews would've invented him. For without such hatred, the so-called Chosen People would vanish from the earth. And this reveals a terrible truth and the crux of our problem as Nazis. The worse the Jews are treated, the stronger they become. Egyptian slavery made them a nation. The pogroms hardened them. Auschwitz gave birth to the state of Israel. Suffering, it seems, is the very crucible of their genius. So, if the Jews are,as one of their own has said... a people who will not take ''yes'' for an answer... let us say ''yes'' to them. They thrive on opposition. Let us cease to oppose them. The only way to annihilate this insidious people once and for all... is to open our arms, invite them into our homes... and embrace them. Only then will they vanish into assimilation, normality and love. But we cannot pretend. The Jew is nothing if not clever. He will see through hypocrisy and condescension. To destroy him, we must love him sincerely. If the Jews are strengthened by hate, wouldn't this... destruction that you speak of, whether it's by love or any other means... wouldn't that make them more powerful than they are already? Yes. lnfinitely more. They would become as God. It's the Jews' destiny to be annihilated so they can be deified. Jesus understood this perfectly. And look what was accomplished there with the death of just one enlightened Jew. Imagine what would happen if we killed them all."
In The Believer, Gosling plays the young fascist who really seems to believe the antisemitic vitrol he spews. His skinhead punk is just as scary, believable and *common* as Edward Norton's in American History X -- with the added layer of being from an Orthodox background. He has apparently convinced those around him that his fascination with all things Judaic is only an effort to "know his enemy thoroughly" -- nothing more.
Gosling is nothing short of astounding in this role. He richly deserves all the honors bestowed upon him. If he continues to only get roles like Murder by Numbers, it will be a waste of a wonderful natural resource, kind of like strip mining in Yellowstone.
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 1.500.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 416.925 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 26.263 USD
- 19 mag 2002
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 1.309.316 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 38 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.66 : 1