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Twin Directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser on Spaghetti Western ‘Once Upon a Time in Gaza’: ‘With What Is Happening, the Title Is Even More Appropriate’


Twin directors Tarzan and Arab Nasser on their riff on Western tropes in 'Once Upon a Time in Gaza' and why it's timely though not "political" per se

Below, the France-based Nasser brothers speak more to Variety about contending with the latest tragic developments in their country while making “Once Upon a Time in Gaza.” And you put Trump’s “Gaza Riviera” plan statement in the film, as well as occasional references to Israelis bombing with missiles. Then, after Oct. 7 we spent five months creatively petrified in front of the TV and on the phone with our family who lives in the north of Gaza.

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