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Mohammed Al Najjar
20Sep10
Greatest film that came from Eygypt , it is in a different league from other Egyptian film (I watched a lot of Egyptian films). It is a film that have more in depth than the surface & will be understood more if you are an Arab or know about Arabic culture. Cinematography , directing & music are great, waiting to buy the restored copy to keep it in my collection. It is Sad that it is rarly showed in TV Channels.
Holyphool
28Jul10
This magnificent, haunting, eerie film in its recent restorative transformation was screened recently in Wellington New Zealand, at the International Film Festival to a spellbound audience. It is like a rare, rich treasure unearthed from the cinema vaults and one wonders what other works will be revealed in time from the past.
Duino
14May10
I've been searching for this film for years, and I finally found it free to watch on Google video. It really was worth the wait. It is a powerfully original film that deserves comparison with Tarkovsky and Kurosawa, wandering between life and death, the knowable and the unknowable. But it's more than a metaphysical battle, it is also a reflection on modernity and the violent desire for the past. Nothing remains black or white in this film - like Wanis's dusty galabiyya in the final scenes, such oppositions are placed radically in question, under the unseeing eyes of the statues, or in the blinding glare of the spotlight. As Martin Scorsese wrote, it is astonishing. I am looking forward to seeing the restored print in its proper form on the screen.