Why wouldn't a film lover want to see this kind of thing, my exposure to Egyptian cinema is pretty slim
For more than half a century, Youssef Chahine drew from the multicultural, cosmopolitan spirit of his home city of Alexandria to forge a passionate, extravagant, iconoclastic oeuvre that merged a quintessentially Egyptian sensibility with international influences ranging from Hollywood musicals and melodramas to European neorealism. With films like his international breakthrough, the florid psychosexual noir CAIRO STATION, and the searing portrait of rural class struggle THE LAND, Chahine displayed his willingness to court controversy through daring social and political critique, while in works like ALEXANDRA . . . WHY? (the first in a quartet of autobiographical films centered around the city) he turned inwards to examine his own life, sexuality, and fluctuating position toward the political establishment. Replete with vibrant visuals, color, and music and shot through with an unwavering humanist spirit, Chahine’s films—which feature some of the Arab world’s biggest talents of their day, including a young Omar Sharif—are bold expressions of the many sides of the Egyptian soul.
CC can work wonderfully with YT, armed with names you type those names in the YT search bar with the words full film at the end, you select what looks best what first appears isn't always what is best.
I must stop posting and create something better, to understand better whatever I talk about. Will still be around, but not very active. ☮😊
