Shorts and to the Point: Noam Osband ‘s THE RADICAL JEW
Precisely because I wanted it to be about extremism, I felt OK with Marzel being the only real voice in the film. Extremism is typified by a lack of nuance, and Marzel is not shy about his Manichean views of right and wrong. If I had wanted a nuanced portrayal of the town or the Israeli/ Palestinian conflict, I would have definitely needed more views. But that wasn’t my goal. Instead, I just wanted us to know how an ideologue perceives the world, and just letting the person speak is a way to do that.