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In Kabbalah, the word tikkun — roughly translated as “rectification” or
“repair” — describes a process in which human beings can lift the world
up through the performance of the Torah’s commandments. Although it
seems intuitive, tikkun is a radical concept. It grants humanity the
agency to overcome evil and transform it into good and, according to
some teachings, the ability to repair a breach within divinity itself.
Tikkun also has its dark side. By granting humanity the power to
transform evil, kabbalistic doctrine grants us a license to engage with
it. Historically, this danger came to fruition in the Sabbatean movement
of 17th and 18th centuries, and in the career of its founder, Shabbetai
Zevi. It’s not that far from feel-good ideas of tikkun to messianic
pretenders, doctrines of “redemption through transgression,” and weird
sex cults . . .
Such images, together with the movie’s stark black-and-white
cinematography, are reminiscent of movies like Roman Polanski’s
“Repulsion” or David Lynch’s “Eraserhead,” and put “Tikkun” squarely in
horror movie territory. Yet Sivan, who won awards at the Jerusalem Film
Festival and elsewhere for the film, retains an iron grip throughout.
Rather than let the movie slip into full-on freak-out mode, he ratchets
up the pressure with torturous slowness, exhibiting an extraordinary
level of control.
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http://forward.com/culture/342138/in...ro-item-text-5
This film looked somewhat interesting but I decided not see it.
The reviewer calls it as a "Horror" film but I don't think it is really a
Horror film in the American sense with all the gratuitous violence
associated with that genre; it seems to be more of a series of
surrealistic scenes, including a scene with a crocodile that enters the
home through a bathroom toilet that, according to the Director, is an
Orthodox Jewish symbol of a devil.
The main reason I decided not to go see Tikkun is that it contains a paraphilic scene.
I don't even think the movie was shown in my area; it appears the film
was shown only at two movie theaters in the United States: one in San
Francisco and one in New York and that was it.
I was wondering if there might be any connection between the Orthodox
Jewish symbol of the crocodile as a devil and the Ancient Egyptian
crocodile-headed god Sobek?
Quote:
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Having the form of a crocodile, the Egyptians believed that he also had
the nature of a crocodile. He could be the strong, powerful symbol of
the pharaoh, showing the ruler's might. He could use this force to
protect the justified dead in their after life, and be the protector and
rescuer of the other gods... yet he could also use that power to savage
his enemies and the sinful deceased. He could bestow sight and senses
to the dead, he could bring water and fertility to the land. Yet he was
also closely linked to the enemy of Osiris. He was a god that was both
feared and respected by the ancient Egyptians.
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http://www.thekeep.org/~kunoichi/kun...l#.V5UpZjVoA-L
Tikkun Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3aCGiGCbVA
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Tikkun (Israeli "Horror" Movie)
Jul 24, '16, 2:26 pm
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