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The Projection Booth Podcast

Episode 718: Avanti Popolo (1986)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8686 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Yaniv Eidelstein and Will Youmans join Mike to discuss Avanti Popolo (1986), from writer/director Rafi Bukai. Set at the end of the Six-Day War, this poetic and darkly comedic masterpiece follows a group of Egyptian soldiers navigating the vast Sinai Desert on their journey to the Suez Canal. Along the way, they're thrust into surreal and precarious scenarios, exposing the absurdity and humanity of war.

We explore the film's rich cultural commentary and unforgettable performances. Plus, we welcome the film’s editor, Zohar Sela, who provides behind-the-scenes insights into the creative process and the enduring impact of Bukai's vision.

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0:00.0

Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.

0:08.6

People pay good money to see this movie.

0:10.9

When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.

0:17.3

Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.

0:20.2

Cut it off.

0:25.4

Turn it off.

0:27.6

Turn it off.

0:31.6

Hey, Andrew! Thank you. Oh! Oh!

0:38.3

Oh!

0:39.3

... No! Shurbit Morrow?

1:08.0

Shurbit Mora? What's the bit of Marra?

1:22.4

Don Jackson for MBB News, Sinai Desert.

1:25.0

What are you doing here?

1:28.3

Oh, God. Oh! What are you doing here? Shahhtak! Everybody...

1:29.3

...every

1:39.3

Go to them!

1:41.3

There's a time, to time! You're going to beaupoooo Alarisa

1:46.0

Bangera Rossa

1:48.0

Hesra Rossa

1:50.0

Triompera

1:54.0

Banger Rossa

1:56.0

Triomferra

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