use my temporary fixes for the Jewish culture and the need that involves the examination of Musical to talk faster than a film that, although I would bet, I was very impressed, "Fiddler on the Roof [ 1971]
The Russian village of Anatevka is inhabited on the one hand, by a community of Orthodox Christians, and other by a small group of Orthodox Jews. These, as is mentioned once in the prologue, they pretend not to see each other, so as to avoid any kind of discussion and live in peace.
During the film we are presented with the ironic tone of the musical, the daily habits of every person of Jewish religion: time of the sabbath, the choice of the groom by the father for his daughter, the figure of match maker, marriage and the traditional celebrations of the Jewish tradition.
When it comes to Judaism, and talk about it seriously, ignoring the horrors of the Holocaust and all that this nation has endured, we can not discuss the traditions, which today make up much of the imaginary common. What does it mean Tradition?
He explains very well the essay Tevye, the protagonist of the film, in the opening sequence, through a theatrical monologue flavor that definitely breaks the fourth wall, in our case the movie screen, and communicate directly with the viewer, looking into the car and asking rhetorically our opinion on the events of the small Jewish community to which it belongs. The monologue follows the song "Tradition " ironic and masterfully orchestrated by John Williams , which sets to music most of the elements of traditional Jewish Orthodox early twentieth century, highlighting the relationship between different creeds in the frame of small Russian village.
To fully understand the importance of tradition, however, you must specify that the film is set in the early 900 during the first great progressive mobilizations in Tsarist Russia. The progress, therefore, eternally opposed to the tradition . This is the element that allows the action to the film, was to Tevye and his brothers, the situation would remain unchanged forever, life would follow the same routine day after day and everything would be done the same way because it is in that so that has been handed down from fathers' fathers, so that's necessarily the right way to go. Progress disturb the internal peace of the small Jewish community, and slowly trying to dismantle every tradition through the development technique (the new sewing machine), moral (the choices of the three daughters of Tevye opposite the will of the father) and policy (l’esodo dal villaggio).
La vicenda, che ricorda alla lontana la novella “ I Malavoglia ” di Verga , getta un occhio musicale e ironico sulla tragedia di un popolo che è costretto continuamente a muoversi e spostarsi, proprio per colpa della loro incapacità di adattarsi ai mutamenti costanti del mondo. O meglio, per la volontà contraria al progresso, la volontà di mantenimento e la forte convinzione che ogni cosa accade per una ragione.
Questo ultimo anno cinematografico ha permesso a molti esponenti della cultura ebraica di esprimere il loro personale punto of view through the camera. To know more about the board two small beads of dark comedy: Whatever Works [ Whatever Works, 2009] Woody Allen (reviewed by Valerio on this blog) and A Serious Man [ A Serious Man, 2009] Coen Brothers, nominated for two awards Oscar .
To better understand the phenomenon of Judaism and what is left in this futuristic and progressive 2010, you must throw a look back at the history of philosophy and see what they think of famous masters such as Kant and Hegel .
Immanuel Kant, in his famous moral reflection , often reflects on the figure of God (the Jewish tradition) and his Son Jesus through the words of S. Paul Pietist culture from which it borrowed from Kant comes. The importance of innovation is clearly Christian terms ethical , according to the German philosopher, Jesus revolutionized the morality purely law of the Torah with an emphasis on the rational part of our behavior, introducing the concept of reflection and evaluation of actions on the basis of an absolute duty which is not written anywhere, has no object, it is pure rational duty.
Judaism as it is described by Hegel in his lectures on Philosophy of Religion takes shape in the reflection on the history and its continuous change. Tradition is the first moment of consciousness that is objectifying, as always, part of a journey which, not surprisingly, is pursued by Christianity centuries later as a form of tolerance. Christianity is a more modern form, is the story that continues is the upgrade of Judaism. Hold fast to a tradition empty means stop creating meaning and significance simply remember the past, or even repeat in a mechanical way of gestures or rituals that have completely lost its meaning over time, ironically as it is told by Tevye during the first few minutes of the film.
I speak often of "uselessness historical Judaism " but also much talk Nietzsche in The Genealogy of Morals , as this nation's historic inability to protention into the future. This is a reality. Another thing to talk about "futility historic Jewish " which, as we know, has led to quite other consequences.
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