Afther 30 years of increasing conservatism, young directors are rebelling by examining complex and contentious relationships
The trouble with the Arab Spring is that people who have never been to the Middle East think they know it. There is a kind of finality in rolling news footage: a moment caught within a certain political context encourages pundits and casual observers alike to make sweeping assumptions. Movies, however, have always provided, à la Cervantes, truth through lies. The new crop of popular films from the Middle East are no different: characters that start out as troubled stereotypes evolve into complex and engaging figures.
This is best exemplified in what many consider the most successful Arab film of all time, The Yacoubian Building, a Middle Eastern Rear Window made in 2006. From the eponymous apartment building's gay newspaper editor to a young woman sexually harassed at work, these characters from Alaa al-Aswany's novel had...
The trouble with the Arab Spring is that people who have never been to the Middle East think they know it. There is a kind of finality in rolling news footage: a moment caught within a certain political context encourages pundits and casual observers alike to make sweeping assumptions. Movies, however, have always provided, à la Cervantes, truth through lies. The new crop of popular films from the Middle East are no different: characters that start out as troubled stereotypes evolve into complex and engaging figures.
This is best exemplified in what many consider the most successful Arab film of all time, The Yacoubian Building, a Middle Eastern Rear Window made in 2006. From the eponymous apartment building's gay newspaper editor to a young woman sexually harassed at work, these characters from Alaa al-Aswany's novel had...
- 9/6/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Whenever a new James Bond film approaches its release date you can be sure that book stores will be brimming with endless tomes retreading the history of the series with exclusive new chapters covering the latest film. With the long running franchise celebrating its 50th anniversary this year there are literally dozens of new Bond books hitting the shelves covering all aspects of the series but one book stands out from the rest offering a totally different take on the series from a completely new perspective, Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan by Mark O’Connell is published by Splendid Books on September 3rd and is reviewed below.
Catching Bullets is O’Connell’s autobiographical tale of how the Bond series has become an integral part of his life since seeing his first Bond film in 1983 aged seven years old. O’Connell has a unique...
Whenever a new James Bond film approaches its release date you can be sure that book stores will be brimming with endless tomes retreading the history of the series with exclusive new chapters covering the latest film. With the long running franchise celebrating its 50th anniversary this year there are literally dozens of new Bond books hitting the shelves covering all aspects of the series but one book stands out from the rest offering a totally different take on the series from a completely new perspective, Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan by Mark O’Connell is published by Splendid Books on September 3rd and is reviewed below.
Catching Bullets is O’Connell’s autobiographical tale of how the Bond series has become an integral part of his life since seeing his first Bond film in 1983 aged seven years old. O’Connell has a unique...
- 8/30/2012
- by Chris Wright
- Obsessed with Film
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