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previous Star Barometer columns:
New
roles, new films
The young Sheikh El-Shaarawi, plus Heneidi and Shaaban's new films
Mummified
viagra?
Does a
Turkish-Egyptian co-production with a curious plot signal a loosening of
restrictions for the movie industry?
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Anger
as entertainment
The latest Intifada drama gets
panned by the critics
(cairolive.com, April 27,
2002)
Burkan al-Ghadab (Volcano of
Anger), about a Palestinian freedom fighter, stars Egyptian models Tamer
Hagras and Farah (that should tell you something), and features a
contrived plot whereby a Palestinian resistance fighter travels to
Lebanon and Egypt in search of a weapons deal, gets chased by the Mossad,
and falls in love.
"Movies are not by
intentions alone," wails Al-Akhbar's film critic.
Ahram Weekly also pans it
heavily, declaring, "Fury signifying nothing".
The film is somewhat remindful of
Ashab wala Bizness, although in that movie, Palestine was a subplot to
larger personal war between two young men over principles, and a larger
battle between satellite channels.
Burkan al-Ghadab, on the other
hand, seems to be purely action oriented, made specifically to make
money off current feelings... but the producers should have known that
releasing the movie at this time would be overkill, like all the
pro-Palestinian songs that came out all of a sudden...
Either way, this Rambo-style look
at a serious and complicated political, social, cultural and economic
issue will probably not be the last time the conflict is simplified, on
either side.
Related:
The Critic's review of Ashab wala
bizness.
In Bursts
of Passion, Tarek Atia discusses recent attempts to put Intifada
anger into song.
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