'Armageddon Time' and 'The Fabelmans' are set within Jewish households, but they have more to say about the pursuit of creativity than cultural identity
explores budding filmmaker Sammy and the traumatizing events leading to the breakup of his parents, Mitzi and Burt . Filming the simmering domestic chaos in order to escape it, Sammy unintentionally captures a romantic interaction between his mother and his dad’s best friend, Benny . The picture becomes a devastating revelation, fueling his rage toward both of his parents — but especially his father, whom he views as most responsible for the marital crisis.
Once setting sights on a career as a concert pianist, Mitzi Fabelman gave it all up to be a wife and mother. A frustrated, disappointed woman, she is nevertheless self-centered. “You don’t owe anyone your life,” she advises her son. Feeling trapped, she unravels — and the line between psychiatric disorder and eccentricity is thin. Either way, it’s the artist as flake.
Gray’s screen alter ego, Paul Graff , is captured at a younger, more formative age. A sixth grader in 1980 Queens, Paul is a talented painter and plans to pursue it professionally. His grandfather Aaron Rabinowitz is fully behind him, while his straitlaced parents, Irving and Esther , want their son to choose a financially solvent career.
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