The Man in the Glass Booth
“The kidnapping... The masquerade... The murder trial... Perhaps the most suspenseful shocker of our time.”
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.
A chilling, dialogue-heavy chamber piece. It’s a tense, intellectual battle of wills that forces uncomfortable questions about accountability and the nature of evil. The film feels like a fever dream, dissecting the psyche of a man on trial.
