Samaritan Subterfuge: Masri’s Aggrandized Portrait of Political Metaphor
Portraits of women-in-prison have a long winding history in the annals of grindhouse and various exploitation cinema, and it’s a subgenre seemingly geared to easily capture the public’s attention. From critically admired studio efforts-turned camp classics like Caged (1950) to sleazy 99 Women (1969) to pop culture approved “Orange is the New Black,” the possibilities seem endless and compelling. Palestinian director Mai Masri leaves behind the world of documentary filmmaking for her feature debut, 3000 Nights. If the title gives you any indication, it’s the length of a prison sentence, and is an equally succinct way to describe the rather matter-of-fact tone the film takes in this examination of ‘the wrong (wo)man’ scenario. Drab and too easily utilizing the harrowing social and political upheaval of Israel’s occupation as a metaphor, the film’s lifeless portrayal of one woman’s...
Portraits of women-in-prison have a long winding history in the annals of grindhouse and various exploitation cinema, and it’s a subgenre seemingly geared to easily capture the public’s attention. From critically admired studio efforts-turned camp classics like Caged (1950) to sleazy 99 Women (1969) to pop culture approved “Orange is the New Black,” the possibilities seem endless and compelling. Palestinian director Mai Masri leaves behind the world of documentary filmmaking for her feature debut, 3000 Nights. If the title gives you any indication, it’s the length of a prison sentence, and is an equally succinct way to describe the rather matter-of-fact tone the film takes in this examination of ‘the wrong (wo)man’ scenario. Drab and too easily utilizing the harrowing social and political upheaval of Israel’s occupation as a metaphor, the film’s lifeless portrayal of one woman’s...
- 9/13/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
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