The Gatekeepers
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Super 8: Secret Signals in Dangerous Times
The Gatekeepers It may not make for comforting reading at this time, but context is always helpful: Chris Whipple’s new book is succinctly described by its subtitle, “How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency.” Whipple — formerly a producer for 60 Minutes and ABC News — uses his years of access to interview all 17 of the living chiefs of staff plus a bonus two presidents. Explaining how the chief of staff can help make or break the implementation of policy, The Gatekeepers may help illuminate the role Reince Priebus will play (or hopefully fail to) in […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 13, 2017 -
The Gatekeepers | Director Dror Moreh
[PREMIERE SCREENING: Friday, Jan. 18, Noon — Temple Theatre, Park City] Telling the story of a country in the last 45 years, especially when the storytellers are the heads of the secret service, required a lot of sacrifices to be made; especially in depth and length of content. We spent a long time in the editing room, and our first cut was 3.5 hours. The biggest challenge is to understand where the heart of the film lies. One hard decision, for example, was the personal childhood stories of The Gatekeepers, especially the story of Avraham Shalom, who was born in […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 17, 2013 -
Top of the Doc: Toasting 25 Years at IDFA 2012
Once in a blue moon a festival competition film comes along that’s a masterpiece, so flawless it’s inconceivable that it won’t take top prize. This year at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, that film was Alan Berliner’s First Cousin Once Removed (which I actually saw before this year’s 25th edition began), and it did indeed nabb the VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary, along with a nice sum of 12,500 euros. Fittingly, my reaction towards Berliner’s breathtaking portrait of his mentor and relative, the acclaimed poet and translator Edwin Honig, as he succumbs to Alzheimer’s disease, mirrors my […]
by Lauren Wissot on Nov 30, 2012
