Men of Israel
Men of Israel | |
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Directed by | Michael Lucas |
Produced by | Lucas Entertainment |
Starring | David Wright Matan Shalev Avi Dar Naor Tal Guy Ronen Ninrod Gonen Morr Foxx |
Cinematography | mr. Pam |
Edited by | mr. Pam |
Distributed by | Lucas Distribution |
Release date |
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Countries | United States Israel |
Languages | English Hebrew |
Men of Israel is a 2009
Background
Director
His
According to Lucas the intent of the film is to help viewers see Israel for its
Reaction
The film received widespread press coverage, particularly for its use of an all-Jewish, Israeli cast. Tablet Magazine's Wayne Hoffman noted that Jewish porn stars like
After the film's release in July 2009, Lucas wrote a letter on August 31 to the website GoGay, Israel's largest LGBT Internet site, admonishing closeted Israeli gays. He wrote the letter after Israeli men "started hitting me up on the web site, inviting me to hook up, then said they're not out. They're delusional. They're cruising this web site, benefiting from the fights of other people. They think the gay movement has nothing to do with them, that the shooting of gay youths in Tel Aviv has nothing to do with them. What reason is there to be in the closet in Israel in 2009? It's embarrassing."[18][17]
Max Blumenthal claimed that the film was shot in "a Palestinian village that was ethnically cleansed by Zionist militias in 1948."[19] Nadia Awad, a Palestinian American film maker, referred to this as "desecration porn".[20]
See also
- 2009 Tel Aviv gay centre shooting
References
- ^ a b c Great Exxxpectations, Wayne Hoffman, Tablet Magazine, July 21, 2009.
- ^ a b Gay-Porn Mogul Hopes to Arouse Interest in Israel Archived 2009-09-26 at the Wayback Machine, David Graham, Newsweek, September 23, 2009.
- ^ First-Ever All-Israeli Gay Porn Movie Archived 2009-05-11 at the Wayback Machine, DNA magazine, May 9, 2009.
- ^ Pornographic Stimulus Plan, Michael Kaminer, The Forward, September 16, 2009.
- ^ a b c Gay Porn's Neocon Kingpin, James Kirchick, The New Republic via CBSNews.com, March 20, 2006.
- ^ a b c Van Meter, William (October 30, 2006). "The Lion of Chelsea". New York Movies. New York Magazine Holdings LLC. Retrieved 2007-01-09.
- ^ a b GAYVN Announces 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees, Harker Jones, AVN, March 12, 2009.
- ^ Bunder, Leslie (August 19, 2006), "Entertaining gay Israeli troops": "Talkbacks", retrieved from www.ynetnews.com on September 5, 2006.
- ^ "Was Arafat Gay?". Out. Archived from the original on 2009-01-26.
- ^ Burden, Chas Newkey (2007-01-08). "Tel Aviv, the final gay frontier". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2008-07-15.
- ^ Bunder, Leslie (August 24, 2006), "Lucas responds", retrieved from www.somethingjewish.co.uk on September 3, 2006.
- ^ Lucas, Michael (August 23, 2006), "Dear friends and fellow Jews" Archived 2006-11-07 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved from www.lucasblog.com on September 5, 2006
- ^ Adult film star's remarks spark debate Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Kelly Fong, February 14, 2008, The Stanford Daily.
- ^ Men of Israel About the film - official site.
- ^ a b 'Men of Israel' the new box-office stud?, Patrick Goldstein, The Big Picture blog, Los Angeles Times, July 22, 2009.
- ^ Can gay porn save Israel's image?, Michael Haminer, Haaretz, September 22, 2009.
- ^ a b Kaminer, Michael (22 September 2009). "Can gay porn save Israel's image?". Haaretz.com. Haaretz. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Can gay porn save Israel's image?, Michael Haminer, Haaretz, September 22, 2009.
- ^ Israel Cranks Up the PR Machine, Max Blumenthal, [The Nation],November 4, 2013.
- ^ Israel-Palestine and the Queer International Sarah Schulman page 117.