Learning Hebrew
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{{Infobox film
| name = Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie
| director = Louis Joon
| distributor = The Weird World of Wibbell
| runtime = 62 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
Learning Hebrew, also known as Gothsploitation, is a British arthouse film written and directed by Louis Joon, his first film as a director. It was released in 2012 by The Weird World of Wibbell, the home video distribution division of Wibbell Productions Ltd, an independent film company based in the UK, run by actor Allin Kempthorne and best known for its previous film The Vampires of Bloody Island.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wibbell.co.uk/|title=Welcome to The Weird World of Wibbell|website=www.wibbell.co.uk}}
Cast
Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie was cast with real life characters, performers and models from London’s alternative scene.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wibbell.co.uk/Press.html|title=Press release}}
The cast includes Zoe Dorman, Dave Disaster, Frederick William Park, Mike Barrington, Louis Joon, Annie Ososova, Bonnie Baker, Eve Young, Glenn Walbridge, Julia Reed, Neko Loveless, Victoria Gugenheim, David Wilkinson, Julian Smith, Allin Kempthorne, Emma Joon Dyer, Takara Bell, Alysia Reynolds, Alex Clarke and Tim Williams.
Plot
The plot notes on the UK version DVD sleeve read:
:"When criticism of faith and the freedom to offend is outlawed by the Politically Correct Militia, Bella and her gang of idealistic cyberpunks push Darwinism door-to-door. But with agnostic thugs in the street and the Atheist Revolutionary Army attacking the liberal establishment, Bella and her friends are driven underground into a dark fetish existence, where the future and past collide, allegiances are strained and old scores must be settled."
Music
Bands with their music on the soundtrack include Six Toes, Senser, Mortad, Bryan Steeksma, Verena von Horsten
and Maleficent Martini.{{Cite web|url=http://www.learninghebrew.wibbell.co.uk/|title=Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie|website=www.learninghebrew.wibbell.co.uk}}
Festivals
The film was shown at the Portobello Film Festival in September 2012{{Cite web|url=http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2012/pff2012report.html|title=PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON|website=www.portobellofilmfestival.com}} and at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival in January 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.horror-on-sea.com/index.html|title=Home|access-date=2 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140219003621/http://www.horror-on-sea.com/index.html|archive-date=19 February 2014|url-status=dead}}
Reception
Reviewers gave mixed reactions to Learning Hebrew, with Support Independent Cinema saying "LEARNING HEBREW is one of the most unique viewing {{sic|expirences}} you're likely to ever see.",{{cite web| url=http://supportindependentcinemafucksundance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/fanaticism-is-fanaticism-review-of.html| title=Support Independent Cinema| access-date=18 October 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193030/http://supportindependentcinemafucksundance.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/fanaticism-is-fanaticism-review-of.html| archive-date=29 October 2013| url-status=dead}} Aron Ra calling it "the weird kind of strange"{{cite web|url=http://freethoughtblogs.com/aronra/2013/06/06/gothsploitation/#comment-20000|title=Ace of Clades|date=6 June 2013}} and Christian Watch calling it "a tidal wave of filth and sin".{{cite web|url=http://www.gothsploitation.co.uk/|title=Producers Website}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|tt4342554|Learning Hebrew (A Gothsploitation Movie)}}
- [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Learning-Hebrew-Gothsploitation-Movie-Dorman/dp/B01HHHTD06 Watch Learning Hebrew (A Gothsploitation Movie) | Prime Video]
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