View Hany Abu-Assad's 2005 film Paradise Now which also provides us with innovative manners to re-consider Grossman's ruminations on mass/individual and public/intimate dimensions of language and meaning. In this very different interpretation of terrorism we can begin to contemplate the banality of its rhetoric, the misuse of religious belief/language, and the fragility of group psychology which can be disrupted through doubt and the free will of individuals. At the end, this film may possibly bring us to a more humane understanding of a highly volatile persistent issue in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and how non-violence is possible.
For this forum our focus is on the film Paradise Now. Begin your post with analyzing the relationship of Said and Khaled in regard to doubt and free will, and secondly explicate how the character of Suha serves as a lever of intervention to these characters and within the film itself. In this regard, what is the film suggesting about gender dynamics? Further, fully explore the dichotomies of victim/oppressor, collaborator/martyr, and sacrifice/revenge and explain how this film questions the meaning of these terms/ideas and disempowers them. In this manner, what is this film trying to humanize in its treatment of these themes and how is this suggestive of non-violence? Lastly, briefly ruminate on how this film allows us to reconsider Grossman's reflections on language and meaning in regard to individual/group dynamics.
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