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90 MINUTES | KENDALL SQUARE Marc Levin’s film resists ambiguity and irony even though its subject calls out for it. Bewildered to learn that certain segments of the population not only believe that the Jews were responsible for September 11 but also accept the authenticity of the title forgery, the long-discredited fake handbook of Jewish world domination that fired the rise of Nazism, Levin grabs his father and tries to get to the bottom of it. The result is kind of like a Michael Moore film if Moore were a nice guy and his dad tagged along while he was making it. Levin and his father track down the origins of the title document and its history, and in the process they confront some of the most virulent anti-Semitic organizations and individuals around. You have to admire Levin’s guts, and his findings are often eye opening, but for once Moore’s bullying and sarcasm might have been appropriate as Levin’s genial, liberal rationality gets lost in the cesspool of hate and irrationality he uncovers.
BY PETER KEOUGH
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