Comments on: Youssef Chahine, you will be missed

By: mr.anonymous

mr.anonymous — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:28:07 +0000

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Aish ya batta..wainek

By: nadim

nadim — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:28:06 +0000

Youssef Chahine was not only an Egyptian film director. he was credited with launching the career of many actors such as Omar Sharif and others that only made it in Egypt .Yet one cant deny the craftsman ship of Chahine in taking the best out of ordinary actors that gave him a remarkable performances thanks to Chahine’s abilities to direct, Chahine reached to wider international filmgoers’ audiences with his movies making, and he was chosen among 11 international co-directors of the 135 min film 11’9″01 September 11.
It was an international film composed of 11 contributions from different filmmakers, each from a different country. Each gave their own vision of the events on September 11, 2001; each produced a short film of 11 minutes and 9 seconds, in a one frame. It has been released internationally with several different titles, depending on the language. It is listed in the Internet Movie Database as 11′09″01 but unfortunately was not screened in many Arab countries .One should not forget his other bright side in the theater In 1992 Jacques Lassalle approached him to stage a piece of his choice for Comédie-Française: Chahine chose to adapt Albert Camus’ Caligula, which proved hugely successful.
I beg to corect you Chahine was born into a Christian Egyptian family,in Zahle, Lebanon, on January 25, 1926.
We will miss him ,but he left us with a prolofic heritage to be proud of .

By: David

David — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:57:00 +0000

I have not heard of Youssef Chahine before, but I like anyone who tries to promote multicultural tolerance.

Speaking of controversial personalities, I watched an interview with Salmon Rushdie today. He was talking about his new book and various other things. He said that he likes to create strong female characters. He said that one reason for this was that he was mostly raised by women, having three sisters and no brothers. I learned that he has done a bit of acting, appearing in several films. He was asked if he would like to switch from writing to acting and he said that he was always interested in acting, but that writing has always been his main passion.

I wonder, have any of Rushdie’s books been made into films? I should look that up.

By: Madas

Madas — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:34:44 +0000

Hareega,

I think both of them are… well Almodovar won the Oscar, but Chahine won several french awards…

By: Madas

Madas — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:33:11 +0000

Mr. Anonymous… Almodovar is hysterical, but what i love about him is that he puts impossible scenarios and expect you to beleive them just like that…

He always goes into the feminine psyche, shows women’s femininity with strong lipstic, red colour, beautiful dresses… and no matter how bleak things look…his stories are always hopeful

a great man.

By: Hareega

Hareega — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 23:52:35 +0000

Almodovar is an Academy Award winner

By: mr.anonymous

mr.anonymous — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:06:44 +0000

Allah yer7amo he was an icon.

I looked up Almodovar filmography but did not recognize any title, honestly I’ve never heard of him before your post.