Three television dramas Ram Loevy



batya gur wrote script murder in television house.


loevy denies script murder in television house (2001) critique of israeli public television. had enlisted batya gur, popular writer of detective fiction, tell story of murder took place in channel 66, fictional commercial television station. critics, however, considered story settling of accounts channel 1. film revolves around several plot axes, 1 of story of veteran director wants make film story ido , einam nobel laureate shmuel yosef agnon, has project rejected petty authorities manage station. director decides make film anyway, girlfriend, set designer murdered, initiating chain of murders @ station. 2 factors adding complexity of story fact murdered woman ex-wife of director s close friend, station s senior programming manager, , agnon story filming story love triangle.



the background murder in television house eerily reminiscent of life behind scenes @ israel s channel 1.


when rejected film, porat reportedly said, people think there murders taking place here. in fact, film opens line, of events described in film fictional—except 1 , leading audience wonder 1 is. not, however, reference real events in israeli television. hebrew name of film, רצח, מצלמים (retzach, metzalmim, literally, murder, re filming ), play on name of popular tv show, שקט, מצלמים (sheket, metzalmim, or quiet, re filming ), , among subplots news story striking workers (a continuation of story loevy began in bread) (other news stories being covered throughout film include tensions between religious , secular, men , women, unemployed , wealthy, arabs , jews, , new immigrants—the detective investigating murders russian immigrant, once served in kgb , fbi).


what makes film shocking, however, final discovery roots of murder date incident 6 day war, when group of israeli soldiers massacred 52 egyptian prisoners @ ras sudar in sinai. loevy later admitted 1 incident in plot not fictional. based on account had heard participant in 1970, while serving in reserves. went on report incident military authorities and, in consequence, removed unit. had long wanted make film incident, lacked evidence prove conclusively had happened. loevy later said:



when 6 day war ended, thought mother of wars on , won. terrified , thought myself, happen our prisoners there if story gets out? nevertheless, feel must not silent.... people these things happen in wartime , there loyalty army , loyalty among troops, causes these things disappear beneath carpet. believe betraying our real responsibility, take these skeletons out of closet, if think enemy has more skeletons us. must not silent. part of terrible conspiracy of silence, , eating inside.



when porat refused produce story, loevy resigned channel 1. end of 31-year relationship. channel 2 bought rights series , loevy directed them. nevertheless, loevy insists, had no intention of settling accounts channel 1. love them family. underlying story behind murder in television house had haunted him since began working @ israeli television. story needed tell, , made no difference told it.


since then, loevy made 1 more television drama, skin (2005), written shoham smith, former stripper works in diamond exchange district in ramat gan, gets involved in murder. throughout of decade, however, work focused on documentary films.








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