Joel Silberg

Joel Silberg, also written Yoel Silberg, (1927 – 2013) was a movie director and screenwriter in Israel and the United States.[1][2] His films in Israel include so-called Bourekas films. He then directed films in the U.S. during the 1980s, including Breakin' and Lambada. Both have been described as exploitation films. In 2008 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Israel Film Academy.[3]

Joel Silberg

Biography

Silberg was born in Palestine in 1927.[4] He was the son of actor Ben Zion Silberg.[3] He began his career directing at London's Old Vic theater. He co-wrote the Israeli musical film Kazablan (1974).

Career

Breakin' was shot in Los Angeles and reflects a different style of break dancing and street dance culture than the Bronx, New York film Beat Street.[5] The film, directed by Sam Firstenberg, was a Cannon Films productions. Roger Ebert gave this film 1 1/2 stars, stating that it was a rather predictable story.[6] The sequel, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo, was released 7 months later, and it received poor critical reception.[7] Later on, the subtitle "Electric Boogaloo" would enter the pop-culture lexicon as a snowclone pejorative nickname to denote an archetypical sequel.[8]

Author Kimberly Monteyne referred to films such as Rappin' as "hip hop-oriented exploitation extravaganzas".[9]

Death

According to the IMDb entry on Solberg he died on February 18, 2013 in Israel, aged 83.

Filmography
  • True Story of Palestine (Etz O Palestina) (1962), directed along with Uri Zohar and Nathan Axelrod
  • Mishpahat Simhon (1964)
  • Haham Gamliel (1973)
  • Kuni Lemi in Tel Aviv (1976)
  • Hershele (1977)
  • Millioner Betzarot (1978)
  • Imi Hageneralit (1979)
  • Marriage Tel Aviv Style (1979)
  • Kuni Lemi in Cairo (1983)
  • Breakin' (1984)
  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) directed by Sam Firstenberg
  • Rappin' (1985)
  • Bad Guys (1986 film)[10] starring Adam Baldwin
  • Catch the Heat (1987)
  • Lambada (1990)
  • Prison Heat (1993)[10]

References
  1. "Joel Silberg - TV Guide". TVGuide.com.
  2. "Joel Silberg". www.rottentomatoes.com.
  3. "PressReader.com - Connecting People Through News".
  4. "Joel Silberg".
  5. Metcalf, Josephine; Turner, Will (8 April 2016). Rapper, Writer, Pop-Cultural Player: Ice-T and the Politics of Black Cultural Production. Routledge. ISBN 9781317071501 – via Google Books.
  6. Ebert, Roger. "Breakin' Movie Review & Film Summary (1984) - Roger Ebert". www.rogerebert.com.
  7. Maslin, Janet (1984-12-19). "Screen: 'Breakin' 2'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  8. "Phrasal Patterns 2: Electric Boogaloo". OUPblog. 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  9. Monteyne, Kimberley (2013-09-13). Hip Hop on Film: Performance Culture, Urban Space, and Genre Transformation in the 1980s. ISBN 9781628469035.
  10. "Overview for Joel Silberg". Turner Classic Movies.
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