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“Soldier/Citizen straightforwardly observes Israeli conscriptees as they study towards belatedly obtaining their high-school diplomas. Soldier/Citizen deals with general, universal and timeless issues of education, human rights and tolerance. Landsmann’s hand-held digital camera, recording images in boxy, TV-standard 4:3 ratio, gets in among some fiery debates during this optional three-week Civic Studies course…”
(Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter 2012)
"The discussion inside the classroom is fascinating for outsiders and should be required viewing for foreign diplomats daring to weigh in on the intractable Middle East peace process."
(Alissa Simon, VARIETY 2012)
" 'Soldier/Citizen' is essentially an apolitical plea for better methods of social discourse. Landsmann renders the modern consciousness of Israeli youth culture in provocative physical terms. The camera simply watches, but the filmmaker curates a guide to the challenges of stimulating dialogue when one side is committed to an existing conclusion."
(Eric Kohn, IndieWire 2012)
“Listen to what these young men and women - not at all a homogenous crew - have to say about Arabs, Orthodox Jews, gays, history, the Holocaust and you get a renewed sense of Israel's complex politics.”
(Susan G. Cole, NOW 2012)
“The filmmaking of Landsmann is a brave attempt at reviving the Humanist position of the intellectual as a critical observer and reformer that at the same time is involved in his or her flesh-and-blood in the fabric of the society to which he or she pertains.”
(Prof. Nimrod Matan, Forum catalog, Berlinale 2012)