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. لمن قرأ كتابي "يهود هوليوود" ولمن لم يقرأه, والذي ذكرت فيه أن عقلية اليهود المادية الانتفاعية بالفطرة تحرمهم من التمتع بأي شكل من أشكال الموهبة الفنية الحقيقية والإبداع الأصيل, والتي تجعل جل همهم هو كيفية جني أكبر قدر من المكاسب المادية واللوجيستية ولو على حساب أبنائهم وذويهم, ويتجلى هذا في شخص "أرنون ميلتشان", تاجر السلاح – كما وصفه الكثير من أعضاء الوسط السينمائي الأمريكي - فقير الموهبة عديم الإحساس الفني الذي تم فرضه فرضاً على المشهد السينمائي الأمريكي بفضل علاقاته القوية بيهود "هوليوود" وبمدراء الأستوديوهات الكبرى, وذلك من قبل الاستخبارات الإسرائيلية بعد أن أثبت فشله الذريع كعميل استخباراتي كما ذكرت قبلاً, فقد أثبت "ميلتشان" فشله الذريع أيضاً في مجال الإنتاج السينمائي, فبعد أن أنتج ما يتجاوز الـ120 فيلماً على مدار أكثر من 35 عام, لم ينجح منها ما لا يتجاوز الثلاثة أو أربعة أفلام على أقصى تقدير, وترك لنا رصيداً هائلاً من الأفلام التافهة والفاشلة نقدياً وجماهيرياً.
374 pages, Paperback
First published July 14, 2011
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October 21, 2015
I am the co-author so I'm biased, but I would be interested to learn what others think.
February 22, 2025
A very odd book that isn't anywhere near as exciting as the title sounds. It's the story of a rich Israeli arms dealer who also becomes a Hollywood producer. About three-fourths of it involves the man's undercover schemes, which are at times confusing and nothing like the James Bond scenarios that Arnon Milchan is compared to. The other fourth is a sketchy outline of films he was involved with. None of it is satisfying.
A major problem is that virtually everyone involved lies--all governments, all secret agents, all Hollywood executives. The more powerful or rich you are, the more you lie (Milchan grew up a rich kid then made billions with his arms deals). The only lesson I took from it is that everyone is saying one thing to people's faces and another thing behind their backs--so don't believe anything from anyone, they all work in their own self-interest while claiming to want to bring peace and unity to the world.
In one extreme example, Arnon Milchan goes from trying to secretly sway the world to support bigoted white South African politicians to secretly undermining those same leaders that hired him to oppose Apartheid simply because he saw a sign in the country that banned both blacks and "Asians," which he took personally as an Israelite.
The book is well documented for the most part, but in spots the authors don't provide enough supporting material and insert their opinions, even going with a narrative that can't be totally confirmed since this is undercover work. But there should have been much more about Milchan's Hollywood filmmaking, womaning, and why everyone considered him so charming. It's not so confidential to say that the subject of the book ends up coming across as a bit of an elitist bore. Like the worst James Bond movies.
A major problem is that virtually everyone involved lies--all governments, all secret agents, all Hollywood executives. The more powerful or rich you are, the more you lie (Milchan grew up a rich kid then made billions with his arms deals). The only lesson I took from it is that everyone is saying one thing to people's faces and another thing behind their backs--so don't believe anything from anyone, they all work in their own self-interest while claiming to want to bring peace and unity to the world.
In one extreme example, Arnon Milchan goes from trying to secretly sway the world to support bigoted white South African politicians to secretly undermining those same leaders that hired him to oppose Apartheid simply because he saw a sign in the country that banned both blacks and "Asians," which he took personally as an Israelite.
The book is well documented for the most part, but in spots the authors don't provide enough supporting material and insert their opinions, even going with a narrative that can't be totally confirmed since this is undercover work. But there should have been much more about Milchan's Hollywood filmmaking, womaning, and why everyone considered him so charming. It's not so confidential to say that the subject of the book ends up coming across as a bit of an elitist bore. Like the worst James Bond movies.
January 1, 2018
A fascinating account of a true-life spy/business tycoon operating in America and the Middle East. Confidential reads a little like a first work, but it's well worth the effort. You can't make this stuff up?
May 11, 2014
I read the book because I got it for free but didn't find it that interesting. I don't really care about which rich Hollywood people he knows or the details of nuclear arms deals decades ago. There were also many spelling and grammatical errors.
August 31, 2011
Great read, Packed with amazing information!
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