Damascus-SANA
In its new issue, Al-Hayat Cinema Magazine presented many readings of different experiences of Syrian, Arab and foreign filmmakers in what is called the author's cinema.
The writer Samer Mohamed Ismail, in his article entitled (The Morning Star Tape), dealt with the confusion of the roles of the killer and the victim, the last movie of Joud Said, which was produced by the General Film Organization, considering that the director, who has a master’s degree in cinematography from Lumiere Lyon University, went a long way in conveying the suffering of women in war, investing his experience From his previous experiences with combining tragedy and irony and merging color and visual climates with rich Syrian environments.
About director Abdel Latif Abdel Hamid and his experience in using the countryside of the Syrian coast as a central place, Yaman Omran wrote about this director’s investment in the components of the natural environment and reviewing its features in a realistic way that includes charming aesthetics that emphasize the privacy of his use of the daily lifestyle in these villages and how his characters deal with the nature of these places.
Mustafa Al-Rashed spoke in his article entitled (Abdul Salam Al-Ajili.. An Unfinished Film Notebook) about a documentary film project about the city of Raqqa. The late novelist Al-Ajili was one of his heroes, but it was not completed for reasons he did not mention.
The Egyptian critic Mohamed Sayed Abdel Rahim also wrote about the film director Khairy Bishara, the Egyptian filmmaker Andrew Mohsen about the scriptwriter Wahid Hamed, and the writer Khalil Sweileh about the Afghan director Atiq Rahimi. The issue also included a study written by the journalist Badi’ Sanij about Umberto Eco and the movie The Name of the Rose, from which he quoted his famous novel.
In the issue, a portrait of the late artist Khaled Taja is known for his experience in the seventh art, starting with the truck driver, passing by the leopard, and oh, sea, ending with his last movie, Damascus with My Love.
Shatha Hammoud