She is strong and realistic, sharp and painful • Touches the capillaries of emotion and authentically conveys the war • Quality TV is "here", even HBO knows it
"Lock time"
Photography:
A mighty rose
Good morning, your war is back - and big time.
"Lock Hour", one of the most invested and impressive productions seen on screen in Israel, takes us back to the Yom Kippur War - the national trauma, which even 47 years later, feels alive and kicking.
Not for nothing is this one of the wars that has garnered the most documentary interest.
The exposition depicts a prosperous country in all areas, but on the other hand, through the smoke of success, one begins to see the cracks in society, the governmental and military arrogance and the gaps between who we thought we were and who we really are.
"Lock Hour" focuses on three stories: the Hermon outpost subject to a Syrian attack with a Golani officer defending an intelligence soldier who knows too many secrets, an armored company trying to stop the Syrian attack in the Golan and serving members of the Black Panthers, and a father traveling to look for his son in the war.
Through the stories we are exposed: the shock of battle, the transcendence of subduing an enemy, the fear of death and mutual guarantee.
Writers Ron Leshem, Amit Cohen and Daniel Amsel, along with director Yaron Zilberman, manage to touch the veins of emotion and authentically convey the war through the eyes of the characters, some of which are based on true stories of fighters who took part in battles.
In between they manage to convey the mood of the people and also thread a satire between the lines, as in the scene of the father traveling north, stopping to pick up a ride.
The guy asks: "Are you at war?", "What war do you need?", The father answers him.
It is impossible to ignore the fact that the series was sold to HBO even before one episode of it was broadcast in Israel, but I am sure that foreign eyes will not understand its complexity as Israeli eyes understand.
The series manages to excite, shake and excite people who have already seen and heard everything about the war, and this is perhaps the biggest compliment that can be given to it.
A strong and realistic "lock time".
It is as sharp and painful as reality and transfers the stress and anxiety well from the battle to the living room.
You can feel the dust inside the tank, you can smell the suffocation in the "submarines" in the post, you can connect to the "animal" that comes out of the person during stress and crisis.
And it feels the most real there is.
The reconstructions in the series are accurate and authentic, from the set and props, to the restored battle footage, bringing a "new" image from the battlefield and completing the experience with footage from the tanks and through intentions.
Watching "Lock Hour" evokes the comparison between then and today.
Kibbutzniks, black panthers, religious and secular - all were in one boat (or in one tank).
It is true that even then there were disagreements but the war put them aside and united them all towards one common goal.
And this raises before the viewers the inevitable question, do we need a war to be united?
Do we need an external enemy to resolve the problems and disputes between us?
For more than two days now he has been running on the screen of here 11 countdown ahead of the premiere broadcast - something we are used to seeing ahead of reality finals on commercial channels.
Too bad they didn't manage to keep Passon a bit, and used an unnecessary trick that didn't correspond with their level (the PR did a good job even without it). However, "Lock Hour" is the beautiful hour here. This year it bombarded with fascinating dramas, which led to views After the sale of "Tehran" to Apple and the sale of "Lock Hour" to HBO, the corporation appears to be an important home for quality Israeli work with an international stamp.
"Lock Time", Monday 21:15, here 11
