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Yellow Asphalt (2002)

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Israeli filmmaker Danny Vereté trains his lenses on the ancient tribe of the bedouins, who are forced to confront the march of time and modernity through three vignettes. First, a young bedouin is mowed down in the middle of the desert on a lonely road. Next, a bedouin man and his German wife find difficulty navigating their unusual partnership. And last, a bedouin woman takes up, against all odds, with her Israeli boss.

Unrated, 1 hr. 27 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Dan Verete

Written By: Danny Verete

In Theaters: Mar 15, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Jun 21, 2005

New Yorker Films

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Critic Reviews for Yellow Asphalt

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Powerful, lingering.

July 3, 2002 Comment

Loren King

Boston Globe

Top Critic

The passions aroused by the discord between old and new cultures are set against the strange, stark beauty of the Mideast desert, so lovingly and perceptively filmed that you can almost taste the desiccated air.

March 13, 2002 Comment

Megan Turner

New York Post

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The inhospitability of the land emphasizes the spare precision of the narratives and helps to give them an atavistic power, as if they were tales that had been handed down since the beginning of time.

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: New York Times

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A.O. Scott

New York Times

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Veret� has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs.

March 12, 2002 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Michael Atkinson

Village Voice

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It relies to an excessive degree on the ingrained attitudes of its characters but shows us little of the circumstances that feed their behaviors...

August 12, 2005 Full Review Source: Now Playing Magazine

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Brent Simon

Now Playing Magazine Source: Now Playing Magazine

A sobering, impartial look at the human condition.

May 10, 2005 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

a budget affair that exposes the generally sad existence of the Bedouins while providing a precious twinkle of insight into their lives.

December 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Brilliantly written and well-acted, Yellow Asphalt is an uncompromising film.

March 26, 2002 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

Director Dan Verete uses his camera as the metaphoric needle, and his cast in each segment as his thread, to form a sweeping tapestry of mis-explanation and contention.

March 15, 2002 Full Review Source: Apollo Guide

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Jon Lap

Apollo Guide

These three films form a remarkably cohesive whole, both visually and thematically, through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people.

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Ken Fox

TV Guide's Movie Guide

Together writer-director Danny Verete's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt.

March 13, 2002 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Keith H. Brown

Eye for Film

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Three separate stories about Bedouin culture. Living in the desert requires a certain hardness that is foreign to western sensibilities. The first story explores the value of a human life. Sadly, in a place where life is hard and death comes easily, the answer will surprise. The second delves into the relationship

October 13, 2008

Mark Abell

Super Reviewer

An educational type of foreign film concerning the relationships of the Bedouin tribes and their Israeli neighbors. Brilliantly acted, directed, and a good script in this one. It's a little boring though, so don't expect to be very entertained, aside from the third film, RED ROOFS, which I thought was the best and most

December 25, 2009