July 24, 2003

Sitting at a French Cafe in Westwood, Eitan Gorlin comes across as the very antithesis of the Hollywood self-promoter. The writer-director of \”The Holy Land\” has indeed kept such a low profile that, during months of inquiries, his name drew an absolute blank among Israel film mavens in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles.\n\nBut the debut feature by this unknown has already won remarkable recognition in America, including an Independent Spirit nomination for Gorlin as \”Someone to Watch.\”