חוכמת הבייגלה (2002)

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Wisdom of the Pretzel is a 2002 Israeli comedy film directed by Ilan Heitner. Wisdom of the Pretzel is a film adaptation of a best-selling Israeli novel.

Production

After the success of his book Hochmat HaBagel (which had sold 100,000 copies by then), Ilan Heitner decided to study filmmaking in New York. During his studies, he purchased a Sony PD150, a small and inexpensive DV camera, the most basic among professional cameras, which he used for his film school exercises. Upon graduating, he decided to write a screenplay based on his bestselling book, which had continued to gain popularity.

Heitner was confident that upon returning to Israel, he would find investors to produce the film and bring change to local cinema. However, due to his lack of directing experience, no investors were interested. Left with no choice, Heitner invested $50,000 of his own money to produce the film himself, with actors agreeing to a deferred payment model—working without pay until the film generated profits.

Throughout the production, Heitner faced challenges due to his inexperience in directing, leading to the resignation of the lead cinematographer. As a result, Heitner had to shoot the remaining scenes himself. He later recounted that many of the scenes he filmed were accidentally deleted or not recorded at all.

After 18 days of filming, he traveled to Greece to edit the film with Joel Alexis (Gett, Ran Quartet, Lovesick on Nana Street). With the rough cut, Heitner attempted to sell the film to Israeli broadcasters. After a long process, the movie was purchased by HOT (Israel) for $250,000. From the profits, Heitner was able to pay his crew their wages.

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