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The Believer (2001)
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You have to see it to believe it.
Favorite Movie Quote: "I'm the only one who does believe. I see him for the power-drunk madman he is. And we're supposed to worship such a deity? I say never."
There is just no way to adequately describe this film. The idea of the head of a skinhead group being a Jew is just so incredible that you can hardly believe that it is based on a real person.
How could someone hate himself so much to lead a group that advocates his annihilation? Yet, at the same time, he is respectful of the practices and customs of his people. What demons inside this person cause such turmoil? We see his conflict as a student when he argues theology, and then we next see him as a man beating up a another Jew. It is later we find that he is a skinhead.
It just defies any explanation, and has to be seen to understand. Gosling was great in the role and I certainly learned more about Jews than I every had known.
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