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Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie
Directed byLouis Joon
Distributed byThe Weird World of Wibbell
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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 . [1]

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Cast

Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie was cast with real life characters, performers and models from London’s alternative scene. [2] 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." [2]

Music

Bands with their music on the soundtrack include Six Toes, Senser, Mortad, Bryan Steeksma, Verena von Horsten and Maleficent Martini. [3]

Festivals

The film was shown at the Portobello Film Festival in September 2012 [4] and at the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival in January 2014. [5]

Reception

Reviewers gave mixed reactions to Learning Hebrew, with Support Independent Cinema saying "LEARNING HEBREW is one of the most unique viewing expirences[ sic ] you're likely to ever see.", [6] Aron Ra calling it "the weird kind of strange" [7] and Christian Watch calling it "a tidal wave of filth and sin". [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to The Weird World of Wibbell". www.wibbell.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 "Press release".
  3. ↑ "Learning Hebrew: A Gothsploitation Movie". www.learninghebrew.wibbell.co.uk.
  4. ↑ "PORTOBELLO FILM FESTIVAL LONDON". www.portobellofilmfestival.com.
  5. ↑ "Home". Archived from the original on 19 February 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Support Independent Cinema". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ace of Clades". 6 June 2013.
  8. ↑ "Producers Website".
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