Podcasts about Youssef Chahine

Egyptian film director

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Latest podcast episodes about Youssef Chahine

Toute une vie
Youssef Chahine, l'ami égyptien (1926-2008)

Toute une vie

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 58:50


durée : 00:58:50 - Toute une vie - par : Tewfik Hakem - Du haut des 40 films réalisés par le cinéaste égyptien Youssef Chahine au cours de 60 années de carrière, on peut contempler l'histoire mouvementée du 20ème siècle d'un tout autre point de vue. Révolutionnaire tranquille, cet humaniste levantin reste le cinéaste arabe le plus connu dans le monde. - réalisation : Christine Robert - invités : Olivier Séguret Journaliste et critique de cinéma; Dominique Racle Attachée de presse; Frédéric Bonnaud Directeur général de la Cinémathèque française.; Marianne Khoury Productrice et cinéaste; Youssra Actrice égyptienne; Jack Lang Président de l'Institut du Monde Arabe, ancien ministre de la Culture; Yousry Nasrallah Réalisateur; Amir Ramsès Cinéaste

TsugiMag
Focus Printemps de Bourges : hommage à Oum Kalthoum avec Zeid Hamdan et Natacha Atlas

TsugiMag

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 59:57


C'est une semaine spéciale festival printaniers qui s'ouvre sur Tsugi Radio puisque demain on évoquera, Panoramas, le festival de Morlaix, mercredi, Biches Festival… mais aujourd'hui, après vous avoir parlé depuis plusieurs mois des Inouïs, il est grand temps qu'on vous parle du Printemps de Bourges Crédit Mutuel, car comme chaque année nous avons rendez-vous au bord de l'Auron du 15 au 19 avril. Barbara Pravi, Clara Luciani, Lucky Love, Miki, Piche, Yoa, Fatboy Slim, Malik Djoudi, Sophye Soliveau, Last Train, Jeanne Cherhal… Le Printemps creuse comme chaque année sa singularité en étant à l'affût de toutes celles et ceux qui font vibrer la musique en France. Depuis plusieurs années, Bourges met l'accent sur les créations, des spectacles uniques qui mettent un lumière un répertoire, un ou une artiste, une scène. Entre Vers les lueurs, les concerts acoustiques du Palais Jacques Cœur avec Yaël Naïm, Rover ou Emily Loizeau, l'hommage au cultissime Köln Concert de Keith Jarret par Édouard Ferlet, ou Toute première fois, une création qui vient célébrer les 40 ans des Inouïs orchestrée par Terrenoire… Mais la création qui va nous intéresser aujourd'hui c'est l'hommage à l'Astre d'Orient, la diva égyptienne, Oum Kalthoum disparue en 1975. Difficile de se représenter l'aura de cette grande chanteuse née au tournant du 20ème siècle. Pour vous donner une idée, ils étaient plusieurs millions, entre 3 et 5 selon les sources, à suivre son cortège pour des obsèques forcément nationales, immortalisées par le grand cinéaste, Youssef Chahine. Tous les premiers jeudi du mois, ses nouveaux morceaux étaient jouées à la radio nationale, et la vie s'arrêtait en Égypte, car tout le monde était collé à son transistor. L'histoire d'Oum Kalthoum, c'est celle de la fille d'un imam modeste d'une petite ville du Delta du Nil qui est devenue aussi puissante qu'un chef d'état, dans une époque où l'Égypte était le phare culturel du Moyen-Orient. Les anecdotes qui viennent émailler la vie de cette star pas comme les autres sont toutes plus stupéfiantes les unes que les autres, nous allons tenter d'en raconter quelques-unes… Dans Place des Fêtes aujourd'hui, nous avons aussi rendez-vous dans l'espace littéraire avec notre libraire Nicolas Jalageas, mais d'abord, avec le musicien libanais Zeid Hamdan et la chanteuse, Natacha Atlas, on parle de La Voix des Femmes, la création hommage à Oum Kalthoum qui aura lieu le jeudi 17 avril à la maison de la culture de Bourges.

Old Movies For Young Stoners
S3E12 Voyeurism feat. Ngaio Bealum & Ajax Green w/ Rear Window (1954) & Cairo Station (58)

Old Movies For Young Stoners

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 86:50


With both Franklins on assignment, cannabis comic Ngaio Bealum and Instagram movie reviewer Ajax Green (@leonard_malted) join us for an exploration of voyeurism in film. First, we've got the ultimate voyeuristic spectacle with Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece REAR WINDOW (1954), the first work from the Master of Suspense we've featured on this show, and we've only been at it for nearly three years now. What is up with that??? Jimmy Stewart J.B. "Jeff" Jeffries, a news photographer whose broken leg has left him nothing to do but stare out the back window of his Greenwich Village apartment into all the apartments of his neighbors. He gets so obsessed by the idea that one of these neighbors, Lars Thorwald (Raymond Burr) murdered his wife, that Jeff won't even make out with his way-too-young fashionista girlfriend, Lisa Fremont (Grade Kelly), vexing Ajax to no end. Fortunately for Jeff and Lisa's relationship, she cannot resist the pull of true crime, and soon becomes just as obsessed with her man's suspicions as he is. With immaculate wardrobe by Edith Head and a whole New York block recreated on a Paramount soundstage. Possibly the greatest film from the greatest director. REAR WINDOW is part of Criterion Channel's "Photographer's Gaze" series. For our second feature, we go all the way to Egypt for director Youssef Chahine's CAIRO STATION (1958) where the director plays Qinawi, a handicapped newspaper vendor who becomes obsessed with Hanuma (Hind Rustum--the Marilyn Monroe of the Middle East), a voluptuous beauty who makes her living by selling cold soft drinks to thirsty travelers without a permit. After being rejected by Hanuma, Qinawi soon takes inspiration from sensationalist news stories telling of a serial killer who chops up women and leaves their remains in trunks. Reviled by Egyptian audiences and critics when it was originally released but now considered a classic, it is filmed in a neorealist style that captures the sweat and dust of the Cairo Station of its time. Also look out for a surprise rockin' musical number. CAIRO STATION is part of Criterion Channel's Youssef Chahine series. We should've titled this episode "MALE GAZE" because Bob goes into way too much detail about Grace Kelly's sex life, Ngaio talks about his love of titties in movies, and Ajax wishes these films had higher body counts. It's a good thing we're doing FEMINIST WESTERNS for our next episode. Ajax, Ngaio, Cory and Bob also discuss the MEGALOPOLIS AI critic quote debacle, and Ngaio gives us an EMERALD CUP update. You can find Ajax on Insta @leonard_malted. You can find Ngaio on X, Insta, and probably every where else at ngaio420. Hosts: Cory Sklar and Bob Calhoun Philena Franklin and her dad Greg are on assignment. OMFYS theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard used with permission "Science Montage" by Jeremy Blake and "Lazy Laura" by Quincy's Moreira courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): @OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com NEXT EPISODE: FEMINIST WESTERNS with JOHNNY GUITAR (1954) and FORTY GUNS (1957) with the return of PHILENA FRANKLIN and AUDRA WOLFMAN.

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages
The Battle That Destroyed the Military Forces of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Hattin (1187)

'tis but a scratch: fact and fiction about the Middle Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2024 66:45


Send us a Text Message.On 3-4 July 1187 the Sultan of Egypt and Syria Saladin enjoyed the greatest military victory of his career. The Battle of Hattin, a two-day battle fought along the road leading to the town of Tiberias and, on the following day, on the Horns of Hattin, an iron-age hillfort above that road, is one of the few decisive battles of the Middle Ages. (In this episode, Richard explains why there were so few battles.) The battle pitted a Muslim force of about 30,000, comprised largely of Turkish cavalry, against the largest military force ever raised by the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, an army of about 1,200 cavalry and 18,000 foot soldiers.  The outcome of the battle was the capture of King Guy and the virtual annihilation of the field army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem.  In the months following the battle, Saladin systematically took all the major coastal cities of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, except for Tyre, and then turned inland to take Jerusalem. King Guy of Lusignan's ultimately disastrous decision to leave the safety of its camp at the springs of Sepphoris (Saffurya) and march 30 kilometers across waterless farmland in the July heat to relieve Saladin's siege of Tiberias remains controversial.  In this episode, Professor Nicholas Morton, author of Crusader States and Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099-1187 and veteran of this podcast, explains Guy's military thinking by placing the Battle of Hattin in the larger context of warfare as practiced by the rulers of the Crusader States of the Middle East.  In doing so, Nick persuasively argues against a reigning academic and popular consensus that regards Guy's decision as defying military logic. (Sorry, no movie reviews in this episode--though the prelude to and aftermath of the Battle of Hattin is depicted in Ridley Scott's The Kingdom of Heaven, and the full battle is shown in Egyptian director Youssef Chahine's 1963 movie Saladin the Victorious.)Listen on Podurama https://podurama.com Intro and exit music are by Alexander NakaradaIf you have questions, feel free to contact me at richard.abels54@gmail.com

Making Tarantino: The Podcast
Foxy Brown (1974)

Making Tarantino: The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 98:44


On this week's episode Phillip is joined for the first time by Jaylan Salah from https://youtube.com/@jaylansalahsalman?si=e1td_sFjCSMiJEXM and she also writes for https://insessionfilm.com/women-insession-podcasts/ and they had a very fun conversation about 1974's Jack Hill written and directed Foxy Brown. Phillip starts the show by introducing Jaylan and then he plays a little audio of Tarantino talking about the importance of Pam Grier. Then Phillip reads the general information about the movie with some facts thrown in. It's then time to read Listener Opinions from Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Phillip and Jaylan then dive into discussing the movie. They talk about what from this movie they think Tarantino might have liked or used in a film. Then it's time for them to independently rate the movie. They answer the question of whether they would buy this movie, rent it, or find it for free. Phillip then gives his Phil's Film Favorite of the Week; Airport '77. Jaylan informs Phillip and the listeners that they should check out a director named Youssef Chahine, and Egyptian filmmaker. Phillip then talks about what's coming up next week when he will be joined once again by Erik Clapp from Cinema Force on YouTube for a double feature of Maniac Cop (1988) and Maniac Cop 2 (1990). Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/makingtarantinothepodcast/message

Les Nuits de France Culture
A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 2/5 : New York - Le Caire

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 2/5 : New York - Le Caire - invités : Youssef Chahine Cinéaste égyptien (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 1/5 : Enfance

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2023 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 1/5 : Enfance (1ère diffusion : 21/07/2004) - invités : Youssef Chahine Cinéaste égyptien (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (8/9) : Le bon plaisir de Youssef Chahine

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2022 119:59


durée : 01:59:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - "Le bon plaisir" de Simone Douek proposait en 1997 une émission sur Youssef Chahine qui venait de réaliser son 33ème film "Le Destin". On entendait Georges Moustaki, Andrée Chédid, Alain Touraine, Jacques Lassalle, Patrice Chéreau et Michel Piccoli évoquer la personnalité de leur ami cinéaste... Au mois d'octobre 1997, Youssef Chahine était à Paris, pour accompagner la sortie de son trente-troisième long métrage, Le Destin qui, à Cannes cette année-là, avait obtenu le Prix du cinquantième anniversaire du festival.  * Ce passage à Paris et "Le bon plaisir" que lui réservait sur France Culture Simone Douek étaient aussi l'occasion, pour celui que l'on surnommait "Jo", de rendre visite à quelques amis : Georges Moustaki et Andrée Chédid, pour partager avec eux Alexandrie, Le Caire, l'Égypte, leur terre natale et leur histoire commune ; le sociologue Alain Touraine, ami à travers ses ouvrages, dont il était un lecteur assidu ; Jacques Lassalle, à la demande duquel Youssef Chahine avait monté Caligula d'Albert Camus à la Comédie-Française ; enfin Patrice Chéreau, son général Bonaparte, et Michel Piccoli, son Caffarelli, dans Adieu Bonaparte.  Chahine l'Égyptien, Chahine le Parisien, citoyen du monde et libre citoyen du cinéma. pour des rencontres, des retrouvailles chaleureuses et fraternelles, pour parler des petites et grandes choses de la vie, pour prendre des nouvelles d'ici et d'ailleurs, pour échanger des rires et quelques souvenirs. Deux heures à l'image du charmeur qu'était le réalisateur d'Alexandrie pourquoi ? "Le bon plaisir" de Youssef Chahine, une émission diffusée la première fois le 22 novembre 1997 sur France Culture.  Par Simone Douek  Réalisation : Judith d'Astier Le bon plaisir - Youssef Chahine (1ère diffusion : 22/11/1997) Indexation web : Documentation Sonore de Radio France

Les Nuits de France Culture
A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 5/5 : Chahine le métèque (1ère diffusion : 23/07/2004)

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 5/5 : Chahine le métèque (1ère diffusion : 23/07/2004) - Par Tewfik Hakem - Avec Youssef Chahine - Réalisation Catherine Prin-Le Gall

Les Nuits de France Culture
Youssef Chahine : "Les gens se demandent où je suis. Moi je suis avec la vérité, point"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - "Alexandrie encore et toujours", 4ème partie d'une série d'émissions "A voix nue" de Youssef Chahine, diffusée la première fois le 22 juillet 2004 sur France Culture. Dans le quatrième des cinq entretiens d'À voix nue enregistrés en 2004, Youssef Chahine, qui eut souvent affaire à la censure se défendait d'avoir jamais joué la carte de la provocation dans ses films. Au micro de Tewfik Hakem, le cinéaste égyptien racontait comment la lourde opération qu'il avait dû subir en 1977 l'avait déterminé à s'orienter vers un cinéma plus libre encore, plus personnel. * Cela donna dès l'année suivante Alexandrie pourquoi ? une célébration très autobiographique de sa ville natale cosmopolite, une célébration de l'amour, de tous les amours. Ce film fut à peu près unanimement condamné et interdit par tous les États arabes : "je n'ai jamais été provocateur, si la vérité provoque quelqu'un qu'il aille se faire foutre ! Moi je n'y peux rien". En 2004, près de trente ans après ce film, Youssef Chahine disait sa colère et sa tristesse de voir le monde régresser toujours davantage dans la haine et la violence, "un fanatisme exacerbe l'autre". J'ai toujours eu un très grand penchant vers l'Islam, j'ai vécu dans son sein, la plupart des gens que j'ai aimés, et que j'aime encore, étaient des musulmans. Alors je suis réellement une balance, et je ne pouvais pas me fâcher ni avec les prêtres d'un côté ni les ultra-nationalistes de l'autre côté. Les gens se demandent 'il est où celui-là ?' Moi je suis avec la vérité, point. Production : Tewfik Hakem  Réalisation Catherine Prin-Le Gall A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 4/5 : Alexandrie encore et toujours (1ère diffusion : 22/07/2004) Indexation web : Sandrine England, Documentation Sonore de Radio France

Les Nuits de France Culture
La Nuit rêvée de Mia Hansen-Love (3/10) : Humbert Balsan, producteur : "Qu'un film marche ou pas, cela ne peut me mettre par terre car c'est déjà un miracle que de l'avoir fait"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 39:59


durée : 00:39:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - Dans l'émission "Microfilms", Humbert Balsan racontait sa pratique, à la fois grave et enjouée, de son métier de producteur de cinéma (avec Youssef Chahine, Claire Denis, etc.). "Le métier d'un jeune producteur, Humbert Balsan", une émission diffusée pour la première fois le 25/10/1987. Son premier travail pour le cinéma, il l'exerça à l'âge de 19 ans, en incarnant le chevalier Gauvain dans le Lancelot du lac de Robert Bresson, dont il dit qu'il "a fait avancer le cinéma". Assistant du metteur en scène sur Le Diable probablement, sorti en 1977, il se lance ensuite dans la production.  * Figure de cette profession qu'il exerçait en indépendant, producteur de 65 films en 25 ans, Humbert Balsan ouvra pour faire exister les films de Youssef Chahine, de Yousri Nasrallah, Elia Suleiman, Philippe Faucon, Claire Denis ou encore Sandrine Veysset.  Humbert Balsan s'est donné la mort en février 2005. En 1987, à 33 ans, il avait déjà produit entre autres Adieu Bonaparte et Le Sixième jour de Youssef Chahine, au micro de Serge Daney il parlait longuement de son métier : La production il faut prendre cela au sérieux, la production cela va jusqu'à la mort, jusqu'au suicide. On a des exemples célèbres d'amis qui se sont perdus dans la production. Cela dit, je pense que la crise du cinéma a été un peu surestimée, ceux qui en parlent sont ceux qui ont été dans un grand confort et un grand luxe commercial. Ce n'est pas mon cas. Moi je suis dans un système de production qui est de faire des films auxquels je crois, le fait qu'un film marche ou qu'il ne marche pas me touche mais ne peut pas me mettre par terre car c'est déjà un miracle que de l'avoir fait. (...) Si un film ne marche pas en salle il y a d'autres possibilités de l'amortir. Le fait d'avoir un film qui ne marche pas est parfois plus dynamisant. Par Serge Daney  Réalisation : Pierrette Perrono Microfilms - Le métier d'un jeune producteur, Humbert Balsan (1ère diffusion : 25/10/1987) Indexation web : Documentation Sonore de Radio France Archive Ina-Radio France

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (7/9) : Youssef Chahine : "Je suis né à Alexandrie parmi 17 nationalités différentes"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 45:00


durée : 00:45:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - En 1997, Youssef Chahine était l'invité de Projection privée. C'était l'année du "Destin", son trente-troisième long-métrage, une évocation de la vie d'Averroès, philosophe, théologien et juriste de l'Andalousie du XIIe siècle.

Les Nuits de France Culture
Youssef Chahine : "J'en ai eu marre de toutes ces comédies américano-égyptiennes parce qu'elles étaient copiées plan par plan de films américains"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2022 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - Dans ce troisième entretien, sur cinq de "A voix nue", Youssef Chahine évoquait sa conscience politique et comment elle se traduisait dans son cinéma. "Youssef Chahine 3/5 : Nasser, la Révolution, l'amour et le cinéma" un entretien diffusé la première fois le 21/07/2004. En 2004, alors qu'il terminait Alexandrie-New York, Youssef Chahine accordait à Tewfik Hakem une série de cinq entretiens d'À voix nue. Dans le troisième, on retrouvait le réalisateur au Caire, déplorant les difficultés financières qu'il rencontrait dans la production de ses films, en dépit du courage et de l'énergie de son coproducteur français Humbert Balsan.  * Ce troisième entretien tournait autour de la conscience politique de Youssef Chahine et comment elle se traduisait dans son cinéma. Une conscience politique éveillée en 1967, avec la défaite de la Guerre des Six Jours. En tant qu'Égyptien, cet esprit libre qu'était Chahine avouait en passant ne pas aimer les militaires, même honnêtes, comme Nasser l'était selon lui. Un entretien dans lequel il revenait aussi sur l'un de ses plus beaux films, Gare Centrale, qui marqua un tournant important pour le cinéma égyptien. Je n'ai glorifié aucun de ces gens-là, (Sadate, Nasser). D'ailleurs je n'aime pas beaucoup les militaires, qu'ils soient gentils, intelligents, qu'ils soient probes comme Nasser, ou qu'ils soient non probes comme tout le reste, mais je n'ai jamais fait un film pour glorifier n'importe qui.  Sur son film Gare centrale et ses personnages de marginaux :  Tous ces marginaux comptaient énormément pour moi parce que je me sentais marginal, trop marginal. Et probablement j'en ai eu marre de toutes ces comédies américano-égyptiennes parce qu'elles étaient copiées plan par plan de films américains. [...] Si tu ne crées pas, si tu imites quelqu'un, pourquoi être metteur en scène ? C'était un film qui sortait de mes tripes, je voulais le faire, je l'ai fait.  Sur sa position de créateur : Malgré moi, d'après mon éducation, d'après mon âme si tu préfères, j'étais du côté des malheureux, des pas-nantis. Je lisais beaucoup, je savais ce qui se passait en Europe, je savais ce qui se passait en Amérique [...] je n'avais pas envie de parler de n'importe quoi, je parlais du présent. Si tu vois mes films peut-être que je suis le seul qui a réellement raconté l'histoire de l'Egypte, je le dis aussi modestement que possible, mais c'est une vérité.  A la mort de Nasser : J'ai pris une caméra et suis allé filmer dans la rue. Pendant que je filmais j'avais envie de pleurer et je me disais 'non maintenant je suis en train de filmer, je vais pleurer plus tard'. Production : Tewfik Hakem  Réalisation : Catherine Prin-Le Gall A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 3/5 : Nasser, la Révolution, l'amour et le cinéma (1ère diffusion : 21/07/2004) Indexation web : Sandrine England, Documentation Sonore de Radio France

Les Nuits de France Culture
A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 2/5 : New York - Le Caire (1ère diffusion : 21/07/2004)

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2022 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - Par Tewfik Hakem - Avec Youssef Chahine - Réalisation Catherine Prin-Le Gall

Les Nuits de France Culture
A voix nue - Youssef Chahine 1/5 : Enfance (1ère diffusion : 21/07/2004)

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2022 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - Par Tewfik Hakem - Avec Youssef Chahine - Réalisation Catherine Prin-Le Gall

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine podcast No, 44: Le Chaos (2007)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 29:33


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/12/21/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-44-le-chaos-2007/ We discuss Chahine's last film, Le Chaos, and are delighted by what we see; a political melodrama that offers all the pleasures of the genre -- one feels for these people who long for love and freedom but who aren't allowed to achieve their wants through repressive social and state mechanisms. The villain is a torturer and rapist. Chahine's achievement is that he makes him understandable, whilst offering a masterful mise-en-scene of a Marxist critique of a corrupt culture through a film that always sides with the powerless. We found it brilliant. Thanks very much to the kind friend who made it possible for us to see it. We have 15 more Chahine films we have not been able to source; so if any of you know where we can buy/source/see them, we would appreciate it.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
Thinking Aloud About Film: The Youssef Chahine Film Club No. 3: Mandabi (Ousmane Sembène, 1968)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2021 23:17


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/12/04/the-youssef-chahine-film-club-no-3-mandabi-ousmane-sembene-1968/ A discussion of Ousmane Sembène's Mandabi. José had never seen it before and found it a revelation. Richard's now seen it twice, once at the cinema in a beautiful restoration that's now been put out by Criterion. The film is currently screening on MUBI and we highly recommend it. We talk issues of representation, gender, colonialism, how structures seem designed to oppress a sector of the population which nonetheless constitutes 'the people'. We also talk film aesthetics and what it was about the film that Youssef Chahine might have found so appealing.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Will (Kamal Selim, 1939)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 26:56


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/11/15/the-youssef-chahine-film-club-the-will-kamal-selim-1939/ In Egypt, The Will is often voted the greatest Egyptian film of all time, one of the greatest ever anywhere, and a precursor to Italian neo-realism. Youssef Chahine recommended it and provided the impetus for our viewing. In this podcast we discuss how much we liked it (the representation of a whole way of life with its structures of feeling, the melodrama, the resonances it still has to contemporary life); the limits of its comparison to neo-realism; its influence on Chahine, particularly evident in Daddy Amin; and how and why its claims to being one of the greatest films of all time nonetheless seem lost on us.

The Film Buds
194: The Land

The Film Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 46:42


Hello Film Buds of the World, This week, we're continuing to expand our cinematic palette with the 1969 Egyptian film The Land. Based on a novel of the same name, and directed by internationally recognized Youssef Chahine, The Land continues as our last film did focusing on the story of a country still relatively freshly out of British Imperial rule, utilizing rural and agricultural environments and characters, religion, and more to create a thematically rich, sometimes dense, film. Beyond The Land we also talk about What We're Watching, Disney news, Jurassic World Evolution 2, and more. We hope you all enjoy this peak into the universality of the human experience through the lens of international cinema as much as we are. Be sure to check out last week's episode, and thanks of listeningEpisode GuideIntro - 00:42Paul's Listener Crash Course in Egypt History - 06:17The Land Review - 12:02What We're Watching, News, and Outro - 34:42Total Runtime - 46:42 Be a Friend to the Film Buds:thefilmbuds.comthefilmbudspodcast@gmail.compatreon.com/thebudsthefilmbuds.bandcamp.com@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on Instagram

The Film Buds
Episode 194: The Land

The Film Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 46:42


Hello Film Buds of the World, This week, we're continuing to expand our cinematic palette with the 1969 Egyptian film The Land. Based on a novel of the same name, and directed by internationally recognized Youssef Chahine, The Land continues as our last film did focusing on the story of a country still relatively freshly out of British Imperial rule, utilizing rural and agricultural environments and characters, religion, and more to create a thematically rich, sometimes dense, film. Beyond The Land we also talk about What We're Watching, Disney news, Jurassic World Evolution 2, and more. We hope you all enjoy this peak into the universality of the human experience through the lens of international cinema as much as we are. Be sure to check out last week's episode, and thanks of listeningEpisode GuideIntro - 00:42Paul's Listener Crash Course in Egypt History - 06:17The Land Review - 12:02What We're Watching, News, and Outro - 34:42Total Runtime - 46:42 Be a Friend to the Film Buds:thefilmbuds.comthefilmbudspodcast@gmail.compatreon.com/thebudsthefilmbuds.bandcamp.com@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on Instagram

The Film Buds
Episode 194: Egypt and The Land

The Film Buds

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 46:42


Hello Film Buds of the World, This week, we're continuing to expand our cinematic palette with the 1969 Egyptian film The Land. Based on a novel of the same name, and directed by internationally recognized Youssef Chahine, The Land continues as our last film did focusing on the story of a country still relatively freshly out of British Imperial rule, utilizing rural and agricultural environments and characters, religion, and more to create a thematically rich, sometimes dense, film. Beyond The Land we also talk about What We're Watching, Disney news, Jurassic World Evolution 2, and more. We hope you all enjoy this peak into the universality of the human experience through the lens of international cinema as much as we are. Be sure to check out last week's episode, and thanks of listeningEpisode GuideIntro - 00:42Paul's Listener Crash Course in Egypt History - 06:17The Land Review - 12:02What We're Watching, News, and Outro - 34:42Total Runtime - 46:42 Be a Friend to the Film Buds:thefilmbuds.comthefilmbudspodcast@gmail.compatreon.com/thebudsthefilmbuds.bandcamp.com@filmbuds on Twitter@thefilmbudspodcast on Instagram

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 42: Contexts - Omar Gatlatlo (Merzak Allouache, 1976)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 21:46


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/10/18/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-42-omar-gatlato-aka-omar-it-kills-him-merzak-allouache-algeria-1976/ A greatly beloved work, a landmark film in Algeria. Filmed in 1976, in that period between the end of the Algerian War in 1962 and the start of what would become known as the black decade of the 90s, Omar Gatlato is a study of machismo, a document of Algiers in that period, an experiment in film and one of the films Chahine recommended we see. I was very glad we did. The podcast touches on all of these topics and more.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 41: A Nightingale's Prayer (Henry Barakat, 1959)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 26:29


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/10/09/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-41-a-nightingales-prayer-henry-barakat-1959/ The Nightingale's Prayer, based on a 1934 novel by renowned Egyptian author Taha Hussein, is an extraordinary melodrama, a critique of patriarchy anyone interested in cinema's treatment of these issues should see. A philandering husband is killed for his actions. His shame extends to his family and his wife (Amina Rizk) and his daughter – Amna (Fatim Hamama, the great star of Egyptian Cinema) and Hanadi (Zahrat El Ola, who faithful listeners might recognise from Jamila, the Algerian ) -- are forced to leave the village and face all the travails of being three vulnerable women on the road. They eventually settle in a small village and get what they think are respectable jobs as maids. They don't yet know that ‘putting out' is an expected part of the job description when working for single men. One of the sisters is seduced and made pregnant. She tells her mother, who tells her brother, who comes find her and kills his niece. He tells them to say it's the plague; she tells him it was his duty to protect them and runs away on her own, to find that bachelor, kill him and avenge her sister. A film that is beautiful to look at, poetically structured through internal monologues, and successful at conveying and inciting feeling. We talk about all of this and the particulars in the podcast below

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 40: Let's Talk (Marianne Khoury, 2019)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2021 47:00


https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/09/27/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-40-lets-talk-marianne-khoury-2019/ Let's talk about 'Let's Talk', Marianne Khoury's exploration of mother/daughter relationships across generations. The film is of interest to us because we wondered if it would enhance our understanding of Chahine's cinema; and it does! Marianne's mother was Chahine's sister, and her story was dramatised by Chahine in Dawn of a New Day (1964). Khoury also demonstrates how part of the family's narrative is the origin and source of strands of Alexandria .... Why (1979) and An Egyptian Story (1982), so the accounts on this film give us an interesting spin on how Chahine treats the same material. We discuss the relationship between Iris and Marianne and Marianne and her own daughter Sara: is it self-reflexive enough? Is the film aware of the historical context in which those lives were lived and various decisions were made? We discuss cosmopolitism and language (a gift/ a burden?); the pleasure of the old photographs and how they evoke whole ways of life; we rant about BFI Player; José purrs when he sees footage of the EICTV film school in Cuba and at the footage in Havana. We recommend as a film that enhances our understanding of Chahine's work and also a film that is a very personal reflection of mother/daughter relationships.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
Return Of Prodigal Podcast: The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 39: Youssef Chahine on MUBI

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 33:59


We return to the work of Youssef Chahine, spurred on by by MUBI's decision to screen a selection of his works, in what turns out to be marvellous copies. We focus on two of his films, Daddy Amin (1950) and The Devil of the Desert (1954), we compare the visual quality of the MUBI versions to those we saw previously, confirm our admiration for Youssef Chahine's skills as a director, José takes a dig at the arrogance of a British film culture that assumes one can just move from writing or directing for the stage to directing a movie, and not even Richard can stop José from sighing over Omar.

NASIMs Podcast
Arabian Nights 2021: Jørgen Bæk Simonsen om Sultan Saladin

NASIMs Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2021 21:47


Velkommen til tredje oplæg ved dette års Arabian Nights!  Denne gang ved Jørgen Bæk Simonsen, lektor ved Mellemøststudier ved Københavns Universitet, der har forsket i arabiseringen og islamiseringen af kalifatet i den tidlige periode (tiden fra år 632 og frem til ca. 1250). Han har desuden oversat bogen 'Sultan Saladin - En mellemøstlig legende' af Jonathan Phillips (Kristeligt Dagblads Forlag) til dansk.  Oplægget var en introduktion i form af en historisk kontekst til filmen Saladin (1963), instrueret af Youssef Chahine. Jerusalem er under belejring af korsridderne, der tilmed angriber sagesløse pilgrimme på vej til Mekka. Hærføreren Saladin står i spidsen for modstandskampen, men må også slås med interne kupforsøg. Ingen ringere end nobelpristageren Naguib Mahfouz var medforfatter på filmen, og Youssef Chahine fik for første gang stillet både farver og widescreen til rådighed. Filmen var en stor publikumssucces i sin tid, og den genvises i Cinemateket fredag den 27. august kl. 21, hvis man er interesseret i at se den. Billetter kan bestilles på www.dfi.dk. God fornøjelse! 

Quoi de Meuf
#142 - QDM de Poche - L'exposition “Divas arabes d'Oum Kalthoum à Dalida"

Quoi de Meuf

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 11:46


Jusqu'au 26 septembre 2021, l'Institut du monde arabe à Paris met en scène une exposition passionnante rendant hommage aux Divas arabes, d'Oum Kalthoum à Dalida. Du Caire à Beyrouth, retrouvez ces icônes et artistes féministes du XXe siècle qui ont marqué l'âge d'or du cinéma, de la musique et de la danse du monde arabe. Clémentine Gallot et Kaoutar Harchi ont expérimenté ce voyage dans le temps et nous en parlent dans ce nouvel épisode. Les références entendues dans l'épisode : Warda (rose en arabe) est une chanteuse algérienne connue pour ses chansons dites sentimentales. Elle interprète également des chants patriotiques. Son répertoire compte plus de 300 chansons. Après avoir vendu des dizaines de millions d'albums, elle est considérée comme une diva de la chanson arabe.Oum Kalthoum, connue pour être la voix de l'Orient, est une chanteuse, musicienne et actrice égyptienne. Elle est considérée comme la plus grande chanteuse du monde arabe du XXème siècle. La nahda (ce qui signifie Renaissance en arabe) désigne un renouveau de la pensée, de la politique et des beaux-arts, qui a débuté au milieu du XIXe siècle au Moyen-Orient et s'est poursuivi jusqu'au milieu du XXe siècle.Nilwood, en référence à Hollywood égyptien, est l'âge d'or du cinéma égyptien du XXe siècle. Alice Guy est une réalisatrice, scénariste et productrice de cinéma française, ayant travaillé à la fois en France et aux États-Unis. Elle a réalisé plus de 600 films et a été également la première femme à la tête d'un studio américain à Fort Lee (New York), en 1912.Badia Masabni est une actrice, une danseuse orientale et une femme d'affaires libano-syro-égyptienne née d'un père libanais et d'une mère syrienne, connue pour l'ouverture d'une série de lieux de spectacle au Caire à partir des années 1920.Le sharqi est une danse orientale, originaire de l'Egypte, et non du Maghreb comme on peut souvent le penser (il s'agit là de danses spécifiques du Maghreb).Salma ya salama de Dalida (1977)Hoda Chaaraoui est une militante féministe égyptienne.Le Wafd est l'un des plus anciens partis politiques égyptiens. Wafd (qui signifie délégation) est le projet de délégation qui se transforme en parti sous l'impulsion de Saad Zaghloul.L'union féministe égyptienne était une organisation féministe égyptienne nationaliste et laïque fondée par Huda Sharawi, en 1923.Youssef Chahine est un réalisateur, scénariste et producteur égyptien. De réputation internationale, il a réalisé 40 films de fiction ou documentaires. Ses films les plus connus sont : Papa Amine (1950), Gare centrale (1958), La Mémoire (1982) et Le Sixième Jour (1986). Hind Rostom, nommée la Marilyn de l'Orient, est l'une des grandes icônes de l'âge d'or du cinéma égyptien. Flirt de jeunes filles d'Anwar Wagdi (1949)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes. Rédaction en chef : Clémentine Gallot. Journaliste chroniqueuse : Kaoutar Harchi. Mixage par Laurie Galligani. Prise de son par Thibault Delage à l'Arrière Boutique. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Réalisation, Montage et coordination par Ashley Tola.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (5/9) : Youssef Chahine : "Mon film 'Adieu Bonaparte' disait beaucoup de choses sur la jeunesse arabe actuelle"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 52:00


durée : 00:52:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Albane Penaranda, Mathilde Wagman - Dans l'émission "Microfilms" Youssef Chahine, s'exprimait sur l'état des lieux du cinéma arabe et du cinéma mondial alors que sortait "Le Sixième jour", une émission diffusée la première fois le 14 décembre 1986 sur France Culture. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Youssef Chahine cinéaste (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (4/9) : Youssef Chahine : "Les gens se demandent où je suis. Moi je suis avec la vérité, point"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Albane Penaranda, Mathilde Wagman - "Alexandrie encore et toujours", 4ème partie d'une série d'émissions "A voix nue" de Youssef Chahine, diffusée la première fois le 22 juillet 2004 sur France Culture. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Youssef Chahine cinéaste (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (6/9) : Thierry Jousse : "Il n'y a pas qu'une opinion chez Chahine, c'est la vie dans sa multiplicité qui l'intéresse"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 43:00


durée : 00:43:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - Deuxième partie de l'entretien avec Thierry Jousse et Marianne Khoury qui se penchent sur quelques films emblématiques de la filmographie de Youssef Chahine et sur la répercussion du contexte politique et social égyptien dans son cinéma. Entretien 2/3 par Albane Penaranda. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Marianne Khoury Productrice et cinéaste; Thierry Jousse Critique et historien du cinéma, journaliste musical

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (7/9) : Youssef Chahine : "Je suis né à Alexandrie parmi dix-sept nationalités différentes, quatre religions, il y avait un dialogue continuel"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 45:00


durée : 00:45:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Catherine Liber, Albane Penaranda - Michel Ciment reçoit le cinéaste égyptien Youssef Chahine dans "Projection privée" pour son film "Le Destin" sur la vie d'Averroès, philosophe, théologien et juriste de l'Andalousie du 12ème siècle. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Youssef Chahine cinéaste (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (8/9) : Le bon plaisir de Youssef Chahine

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 119:59


durée : 01:59:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Albane Penaranda, Mathilde Wagman - "Le bon plaisir" de Simone Douek proposait en 1997 une émission sur Youssef Chahine qui venait de réaliser son 33ème film "Le Destin". On entendait Georges Moustaki, Andrée Chédid, Alain Touraine, Jacques Lassalle, Patrice Chéreau et Michel Piccoli évoquer la personnalité de leur ami cinéaste... - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Georges Moustaki; Andrée Chedid Poétesse et romancière; Michel Piccoli acteur et réalisateur (1925-2020); Alain Touraine Sociologue, spécialiste des mouvements sociaux et de l'action sociale; Patrice Chéreau Metteur en scène de théâtre et d'opéra, réalisateur (1944-2013); Jacques Lassalle Dramaturge et metteur en scène, ancien administrateur de la Comédie Française.

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (9/9) : Marianne Khoury : "Youssef Chahine enseignait de façon atypique à l'institut égyptien du cinéma"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 10:20


durée : 00:10:20 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - Nuit Youssef Chahine - Entretien 3/3 avec Marianne Khoury, réalisatrice et productrice, notamment pour une bonne part des films de Chahine, et Thierry Jousse, réalisateur, critique, ancien rédacteur en chef des "Cahiers du cinéma". Entretien 2/3 par Albane Penaranda. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Marianne Khoury Productrice et cinéaste; Thierry Jousse Critique et historien du cinéma, journaliste musical

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (1/9) : Thierry Jousse : "Ce qui fait la force et la pérennité de Youssef Chahine c'est qu'il incarne le cinéma à lui tout seul même au-delà du monde arabe"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 43:00


durée : 00:43:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Albane Penaranda - Avec Marianne Khoury, nièce de de Youssef Chahine, productrice, notamment de films de son oncle, et de Thierry Jousse, critique, ancien rédacteur en chef des Cahiers du cinéma, retour sur la carrière et les caractéristiques du cinéma du réalisateur égyptien. Entretien 1/3 par Albane Penaranda. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Marianne Khoury Productrice et cinéaste; Thierry Jousse Critique et historien du cinéma, journaliste musical

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (2/9) : Youssef Chahine : "J'en ai eu marre de toutes ces comédies américano-égyptiennes parce qu'elles étaient copiées plan par plan de films américains"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 29:59


durée : 00:29:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Albane Penaranda, Mathilde Wagman - Dans ce troisième entretien, sur cinq de "A voix nue", Youssef Chahine évoquait sa conscience politique et comment elle se traduisait dans son cinéma. "Youssef Chahine 3/5 : Nasser, la Révolution, l'amour et le cinéma" un entretien diffusé la première fois le 21/07/2004. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Youssef Chahine cinéaste (1926-2008)

Les Nuits de France Culture
Nuit Youssef Chahine (2019) (3/9) : Dalida : "La psychanalyse m'a beaucoup aidée à comprendre le personnage de Saddika dans Le Sixième jour"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2021 45:00


durée : 00:45:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Catherine Liber, Albane Penaranda - En 1986 sortait "Le Sixième Jour" un film de Youssef Chahine d'après le roman d'Andrée Chédid, avec Dalida dans le rôle principal. L'occasion pour la chanteuse de donner un long entretien à Serge Daney dans l'émission "Microfilms". - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Dalida chanteuse

A Voix Haute
14 - LE MOT DU MATIN - Michel Piccoli - Yannick Debain..

A Voix Haute

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 0:26


Michel Piccoli est le fils d'Henri Piccoli, violoniste, de lointaine origine tessinoise et de Marcelle Expert-Bezançon (1892-1990), pianiste, elle-même fille de l'industriel et homme politique français Charles Expert-Bezançon. Il a « une enfance assez compliquée. C'est un enfant de remplacement, qui est venu remplacer son frère aîné décédé. » Il est placé dans un établissement pour enfants à problèmes où il se retrouve « dans une situation de liberté totale ». Les engagements du jeune Piccoli, notamment politiques et « contre le monde de l'argent», se comprennent par l'opposition à la personnalité de son grand-père, sénateur de la IIIe République, financier du parti radical, et important industriel de la peinture, accusé par la gauche syndicale et Georges Clemenceau, d'avoir intoxiqué des ouvriers à travers le blanc de plomb qui donnait le saturnisme. Michel Piccoli suit une formation de comédien d'abord auprès d'Andrée Bauer-Théraud puis au cours Simon Après une apparition en tant que figurant dans Sortilèges de Christian-Jaque en 19458, Michel Piccoli débute au cinéma dans Le Point du jour de Louis Daquin. Cependant, c'est surtout au théâtre qu'il s'illustre dans le début de sa carrière, avec les compagnies Renaud-Barrault et Grenier-Hussot ainsi qu'au Théâtre de Babylone (géré par une coopérative ouvrière et qui met en scène les pièces d'avant-garde de Ionesco ou Beckett). Bien que remarqué dans le film French Cancan en 1954, il poursuit sur les planches et travaille avec les metteurs en scène Jacques Audiberti, Jean Vilar, Jean-Marie Serreau, Peter Brook, Luc Bondy, Patrice Chéreau ou encore André Engel. Durant la même période, il se fait connaître dans des téléfilms populaires tels que Sylvie et le fantôme, Tu ne m'échapperas jamais ou encore L'Affaire Lacenaire de Jean Prat. Devenu athée après un deuil familial, il rencontre en 1956 Luis Buñuel, réalisateur connu pour son anticléricalisme, et prend ironiquement le rôle d'un prêtre dans La Mort en ce jardin. En 1959, il tourne Le Rendez-vous de Noël, court métrage d'André Michel d'après la nouvelle de Malek Ouary, Le Noël du petit cireur, qui se passe à Alger. Les années 1960 marquent le début de sa consécration, remarqué dans Le Doulos de Jean-Pierre Melville, il est révélé au grand public avec Le Mépris de Jean-Luc Godard aux côtés de Brigitte Bardot. Dès lors, il tourne avec beaucoup des plus grands cinéastes français (Jean Renoir, René Clair, René Clément, Alain Resnais, Agnès Varda, Jacques Demy, Alain Cavalier, Michel Deville, Claude Sautet, Claude Chabrol, Louis Malle, Jacques Doillon, Jacques Rivette, Léos Carax, Bertrand Blier), européens (Luis Buñuel, Costa-Gavras, Marco Ferreri, Alfred Hitchcock, Jerzy Skolimowski, Marco Bellocchio, Ettore Scola, Manoel de Oliveira, Otar Iosseliani, Theo Angelopoulos, Nanni Moretti) et internationaux (Youssef Chahine, Raoul Ruiz, Hiner Saleem). Dans Le Coup de grâce (1965). Il devient l'un des acteurs fétiches de Marco Ferreri, avec sept films, de Dillinger est mort à Y'a bon les blancs en passant par Touche pas à la femme blanche ! — avec pour point d'orgue La Grande Bouffe —, de Luis Buñuel avec six films : Le Journal d'une femme de chambre (1964), Belle de jour (1967), La Voie lactée (1969), Le Charme discret de la bourgeoisie (1972), Le Fantôme de la liberté (1974) et Cet obscur objet du désir (1977) ainsi que de Claude Sautet, avec Les Choses de la vie, Max et les Ferrailleurs, Mado et Vincent, François, Paul… et les autres. Il joue également dans le singulier Themroc. Il entame la décennie 1980 par le prix d'interprétation au festival de Cannes en 1980, avec Le Saut dans le vide de Marco Bellocchio, et celui du festival de Berlin en 1982, avec Une étrange affaire de Pierre Granier-Deferre8. Il travaille avec le jeune cinéma français, comme Jacques Doillon (La Fille prodigue en 1985), Leos Carax (Mauvais sang en 1986), n'hésitant pas à casser son image bienveillante avec des rôles provocateurs ou antipathiques, avant de s'essayer lui-même à la réalisation. Il tourne également plusieurs films avec Manoel de Oliveira, de Party (1996) à Belle toujours (2006) en passant par Je rentre à la maison (2001). Habitué du festival de Cannes, il fait partie du jury de la compétition officielle du 60e festival en 2007 sous la présidence de Stephen Frears. Amateur de littérature, il a également enregistré la lecture des Fleurs du mal de Charles Baudelaire et de Gargantua de François Rabelais. En 2011, il joue dans Habemus Papam de Nanni Moretti, présenté en compétition à Cannes. C'est sa dernière apparition au cinéma.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Trailer for a new series of podcasts by Richard Layne and José Arroyo that will be an umbrella for all themed podcasts we've been doing so far, Youssef Chahine, selections from Ritrovato in Bologna, and currently, a series of talks on the early cinema of Hou Hsiao-hsien.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast No: 37 - Beirut, Oh Beirut

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2021 32:56


We continue our little exploration of Middle-Eastern Films that connect to the work of Chahine. This discussion is on Maroun Bagdadi's Beirut, oh Beirut, currently playing on Netflix. We discuss the beauty of the film. Richard connects it to late sixties Godard in style. I found it more moving and sad than what I remember of that period of Godard's work. We discuss the film in relation to Chahine's The Sparrow and to Al-Karnak. The film has a particular nostalgic feel, the depiction of buildings, landscapes, places and spaces for feeling that are soon to be destroyed, perhaps forever, and the way of live and set of dilemmas that this film documents just before they explode and are obliterated, so this poetic drama can also be read as a historical document, now imbued with sadness for what humans do to places once much loved.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast: No. 36 - Al-Karnak

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 31:32


Richard returns! We discuss the famous Al-Karnak (Karnak Café) directed byAli Badr Kahn in 1975. A political film, a critique of the previous regime, based on a novella by Naguib Mahfouz, and a 'model of de-Nasserfication'. The film is pulpy, melodramatic, sensationalist, a box-office smash. A very interesting work to discuss in relation to Chahine's The Sparrow (1972), which deals with similar subject matter but in a a very different way. Ali Badr Kahn and Mahfouz had previously collaborated with Chahine as well so the film is an interesting to focus to a whole series of issues that intersect with Chahine's work.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
An Egyptian Perspective on the Cinema of Youssef Chahine Part IV

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 55:36


Hussein returns to offer us a fascinating Egyptian perspective on the career of Youssef Chahine beginning with Cairo as Seen By Chahine (1991) and talking us through The Emigrant (94), Destiny, The Other (99). We also touch on The Choice (1970), Silence, on tourne! (2001).

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Al-mummia/ The Night Of Counting The Years With Music (1)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 31:24


At the request of our listeners, we are expanding the podcast onto other instances of Egyptian cinema. We saw Shadi Abdel Salam's Al-mummia/ The Night of Counting The Years in the wonderful version restored with the help of Martin Scorsese and the Cineteca di Bologna. It's a truly great film: poetic, allegorical, about the past and the nation, people robbed, robbing others, robbing themselves, stealing their own past and rescuing it. But not without a cost. A very beautiful film that I'm sure will reward further viewing. Much of this podcast is a combination of appreciation and queries about what we don't yet understand.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast: An Egyptian Perspective Part III

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 58:02


We return for the third part of our conversation with Hussein, offering an Egyptian perspective on his career and its contexts and significance. In this episode we touch on 'The Sparrow', 'The Return of the Prodigal Son', 'Adieu Bonaparte' and 'Alexandria...Again and Forever'. We will return for a final episode discussing the last stage of Chahine's brilliant career beginning with 'Cario as Seen by Chahine'.

Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

Exchanges: A Cambridge UP Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu.

New Books in Islamic Studies
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

New Books in Islamic Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/islamic-studies

New Books in History
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in Middle Eastern Studies
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

New Books in Middle Eastern Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

New Books Network
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Religion
Mohammad Salama, "Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

New Books in Religion

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 85:35


Egypt is often the focus of religious and political histories of early twentieth century. The striking hardening of nationalist and Islamic movements within Arab societies during this period is frequently described through the growth of the Muslim Brotherhood, specific pan-Arab ideals, or questions of Egyptian identity under Gamal Abdel Nasser. However, the religious and political spheres intersected within new forms of Egyptian cultural production.  In Islam and the Culture of Modern Egypt: From the Monarchy to the Republic (Cambridge University Press, 2018), Mohammad Salama, Professor at San Francisco State University, explores how Egyptian authors and filmmakers articulate the role of religion and the nation in the lives of the modern subject. He provides a short genealogy of Arabic literature in the first half of the twentieth century that address questions of nationalism and Islamism and demonstrates how authors oscillate between tradition and secular values in modern Egypt. In our conversation we discuss the religious and political contexts of 20th century Egypt, British imperialism, the emergence of the novel in Egypt, well-known authors Taha Husayn, Naguib Mahfouz, and Yusuf Idris, the Muslim Brotherhood, short stories, theatre, national identity, and director Youssef Chahine. Kristian Petersen is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Religious Studies at Old Dominion University. You can find out more about his work on his website, follow him on Twitter @BabaKristian, or email him at kpeterse@odu.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
Youssef Chahine's Career to 1985: An Egyptian Perspective Part II

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 61:30


We continue our discussion with Hussein, to garner an Egyptian perspective on the career of Youssef Chahine to 1985. We touch on Nile Boy, Blazing Sun, 'The Turn of the Decade' films (Forever Love, In Your Hands, Lover's Code, A Man in My Life. We discuss how some phrases from his films have become common parlance in Egyptian culture. We touch on the complicated relationship with Mohsen Mohieddin and we end with Dalida and The Sixth Day. It's a conversation still to be continued.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 31: Chahine and Dawn of a New Day: An Egyptian Perspective

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 50:40


This podcast has been very lucky with its listeners. Hussein, not only provided us with a possibility of viewing the wonderful Dawn of a New Day, but produced the sub-titles necessary to understand it. I took the opportunity of talking to Hussein to ask him about things we as English-speaking viewers simply did not understand. i.e an Egyptian perspective on the politics, the history, the significance of streets and buildings, the customs, the reputation of the actors in the film. All proved illuminating and enlightening and has certainly helped me understand Dawn of a New Day better. The conversation then continues onto Chahine as a figure in Egyptian cinema and culture and we will continue with that strand of conversation onto the next podcast.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 30: Context: Encounter with the Unknown

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2021 27:24


A discussion of Atef Salem's 1959 Encounter with the Unknown, part of a cycle of films we will be covering as a way of setting a context for better understanding the work of Youssef Chahine. We discuss the very glamorous pairing of Omar Shariff and Samia Gamal, the superb mise-en-scène and visuals, what such skill brings to a rickety script and what it cannot, the relative lack of conceptual and thematic richness in comparison to Chahine and much else. You can follow the blogpost at: https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/03/03/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-30-encounter-with-the-unknown-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%87%d9%88%d9%84-1959/

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast N0. 29: Dawn of a New Day

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 37:58


Richard Layne and I return with a discussion of Dawn of a New Day, one of Chahine's best. It echoes Sirk once more and has traces of An Affair to Remember and European Art Cinema like Antonioni's La notte or Fellini's La dolce vita whilst remaining very much a popular melodrama about love which is also a commentary on the state of the nation and its future. A very beautiful film and so accessible it's a real pity it's not part of the current Netflix package.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 28: Alexandria...New York

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2021 52:31


An extended discussion of Youssef Chahine's Alexandria New York. 'I love American cinema but America doesn't love me'. Anyone who loves Chahine's cinema will find this irresistible. A film made by someone who thinks and knows how to visualise and dramatise. We will see it again

Such Sights to See
7 – Righteous Anger

Such Sights to See

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 29:10


Spike Lee, Martin Scorsese, Youssef Chahine, and the glorious B-action movies of Gerard Butler. Also DC Super Hero movies, but don’t worry, I only talk about those for a few minutes in this episode.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 27: Silence...on tourne!

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 22:56


A discussion of Silence...on tourne focussing on the many characteristic flourishes we like so much in Chahine's oeuvre but exploring also why they are less satisfying in this particular work.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 26, The Ring Seller/ Biya el-Khawatim

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2020 36:15


A discussion of one of Youssef Chahine's most enjoyable films, The Ring Seller/ Biya el-Khawatim. We discuss the film in relation to Chahine's oeuvre, to national and transnational cultures, to the musical genre in relation to theatrical operetta and zarzuela but also in relation to films like Powell/Pressburger's Oh.... Rosalinda! and Arthur Freed musicals.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 25: Destiny

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 38:48


The Youssef Chahine Podcast returns for a discussion of Destiny, with its images of book burnings, its themes of love and religious tolerance, its genre-bending mix of historical epic and musical extravaganza, and Chahine's characteristic artfulness with the techne of filmmaking.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 24 L'autre

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2020 52:00


After a brief gap, José Arroyo and Richard Layne return for the 24th episode of the Youssef Chahine Pocast, an extended discussion of L'autre/ The Other. a film about Orientalism, Imperialism, Terrorism; an examination of class structures with a gender analysis; a film about a land and its people...yet one that also recalls popular melodramatic and glitzy works like Dynasty. Not quite top Chahine but a film that's nonetheless made us think and that we've grown to love.

Les Nuits de France Culture
La Nuit rêvée de Mia Hansen-Love (3/10) : Humbert Balsan, producteur : "Qu'un film marche ou pas, cela ne peut me mettre par terre car c'est déjà un miracle que de l'avoir fait"

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2020 39:59


durée : 00:39:59 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit, Albane Penaranda, Mathilde Wagman - Dans l'émission "Microfilms", Humbert Balsan racontait sa pratique, à la fois grave et enjouée, de son métier de producteur de cinéma (avec Youssef Chahine, Claire Denis, etc.). "Le métier d’un jeune producteur, Humbert Balsan", une émission diffusée pour la première fois le 25/10/1987. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Humbert Balsan Producteur de cinéma français (1954-2005)

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 23: C'est toi mon amour/ Inta Habibi

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2020 38:11


Richard returns to discuss Youssef Chahine's fascinating musical in the light of Tara Shehata's great podcast on the film last week.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast with Special Guest Star Tara Shehata

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 46:27


The Youssef Chahine Podcast talks to filmmaker Tara Shehata about two Youssef Chahine musicals, C'es toi mon amour/ ENTA HABIBI (1957) and Silence, on tourne!/Skoot hansawwar (2001).

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 21: Devil of the Sahara/ The Desert's Devil

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2020 32:05


A discussion of the Youssef Chahine's Devil of the Sahara aka The Desert's Devil. We discuss the influence of Zorro and Robin Hood on the film, how Sharif is deployed as a combination of Errol Flynn AND Tyrone Power. We praise the film's production values; how it's a piece of entertainment filmed with a verve and flair that comes across even in the very bad copy we had access to. The film has exciting action sequences that make one re-think action in his later films and very successful large-scale musical numbers -- the influence of Minnelli evident throughout -- that likewise raises questions about the deliberateness of later choices. A glossy piece of entertainment we both loved even though we saw it in the worst circumstances possible.

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Women Without Men But With Music Mixdown

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 31:30


A discussion of Nissae Bila Regal, Women Without Men, sometimes also known as Only Women, a Youssef Chahine film from 1953 with superb production values, musical numbers a la MGM and a plot that recalls Federico Garcîa Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba. We discuss many of the themes that are to recur throughout Chahine's oeuvre: the influence of Hollywood cinema, melodrama, an exploration of modernisation, gender roles, a discussion of an idea of nation.....and much more.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Yaser Hammad on Chahine.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 54:00


Yaser Hammad is a young Saudi filmmaker as well as the screenwriter of Saudi Arabia's first ever feature film, Roll'em. Meeting Yaser here has been one of the great pleasures of doing the Chahine podcast. Not only is he, like us, a great admirer of Chahine but, unlike us, he's got access to all the Arab writing on Chahine and is much more knowledgeable about actors, songs, the whole pop and social culture around Chahine. His additions, corrections, interventions have been so invaluable that I asked him to join us for this podcast so that our listeners may also benefit. This is a wide-ranging conversation on Chahine's oeuvre that tries to bring an Arab perspective on the work and, more personally, an account of what Chahine's work has meant to at least one young Arab filmmaker.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 18: Baba Amin (1950)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2020 29:01


A discussion of Youssef Chahine's very first feature, Baba Amin/ Papa Amin/ Daddy Amin. We discuss how the first half seems like the work of a different, less talented filmmaker, how the second half comes alive with charm, inventiveness, song; how Faten Hamama once more comes across as one of the great presences of world cinema; the connection to the Astaire/ Rogers Swing Time; its interesting mix of musical and melodrama, and how auteurism here results in an enhanced appreciation of the work.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 17: Cairo As Seen By Chahine

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 24:14


An appreciation of Chahine's short but great Cairo as Seen By Chahine. We discuss the film's self-reflexiveness. How its aware of framing, composition, Foreign expectations, relations and obligations concerning style and subject matter. How to film and evoke a city? How to do it with respect and love for its inhabitants? How to politely warn about dangers around and dangers ahead and how to understand what drives desperate people there. We could have had a much longer discussion. But then, it would have been longer than the film.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 16: Le sixième jour

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 49:23


A discussion of Le sixième jour, which Chahine dedicates to Gene Kelly as a thank you for having filled his youth with joy. A rare Chahine film that is centred on a female star, female desire and female self-actualisation in a patriarchal culture. A hybrid of a woman's film and musical. It's set during a cholera pandemic, which resonates with the present, and also features a story of the unrequited love of a 26 year old street performer for an unhappy and much older housewife that still feels transgressive. Richard loved it very much. I less so. But we agree that it remains essential viewing for fans of Dalida and Youssef Chahine.

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José Arroyo And Richard Layne On The Emigrant

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2020 51:52


José Arroyo and Richard Layne discuss Youssef Chahine's The Emigrant in the light of the previous conversation with Martin Stollery and in the light of Dr. Stollery's monograph on the film.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast: Adieu Bonaparte

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2020 45:05


Richard Layne and José Arroyo discuss Adieu Bonaparte, the notorious Franco-Egyptian co-production, and the only Chahine film we've been able to find on Blu-ray (under France's 'Heritage' collection). Of interest to anyone concerned with questions of North African Cinema, Colonialism, Arab Cultures or the various ways sexuality has been queered in non-Western countries.

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José Arroyo In Conversation with Martin Stollery on Youssef Chahine's The Emigrant

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 65:30


Martin Stollery is the author of a monograph on Youssef Chahine's The Emigrant, the most sustained analysis of any one Youssef Chahine film I've been able to find in English. Here we talk about the film itself, how it allegorises, the meaning and uses of water in Chahine's films, the famous court case that is part of the context of the film's release, and the film's relationship to Biblical epics as well as Youssef Chahine's more personal style of filmmaking. An illuminating discussion of texts, contexts and modes of analysis that ends with a renewed appreciation of Chahine's achievements as a director.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 12, An Egyptian Storymp3

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2020 46:06


A discussion of Youssef Chahine's An Egyptian Story, the second part of his Alexandria Trilogy, and one which is self-reflexive on his career thus far, highlighting Cairo Station, Saladin, Jamila The Algerian, Un jour le nil, The Sparrow and other of his films. We trace recurring patterns: the type of mise-en-scène, the use of Shakespeare, the references to American musicals, the deployment of a repertory company of actors, a homosexual element, a social critique matched by an auto-critique -- it's a film in which Chahine puts himself on trial -- and a more inventive, imaginative and personal dramatisation that interestingly deploys expressionist and surrealist elements.

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Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 11

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2020 57:36


A discussion of Youssef Chahine's ALEXANDRIA, WHY? with José Arroyo, Richard Layne and special guest star Andrew Moor. Richard Dyer named this as one of his favourite queer films of all time.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast with José Arroyo and Richard Layne, No. 10 Return of the Prodigal Son

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 48:18


A great discussion of a fascinating film, part Teen musical, part Tennessee Williams, and an exploration of the social and political issue that arose after the death of Nasser and Egypt's defeat in the Six Day War with Israel, filmed with great verve and style.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 9: People of the Nile 1972

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 35:44


After our podcast of Un jour, Le Nile, Richard discovered the 1972 recut and partly remade version of the film on You Tube and we decided to see it, explore its differences from the 1968 version and the director's cut and see how that might have affected its narrative, its politics and the way that ire represents sexuality. What is a filmmaker against the combined diplomatic and internal exigencies of the USSR and Egypt?

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 8: The Sparrow

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 50:48


A dense and rich political film with extraordinary mise-en-scène that begins with an open letter to the Egyptian people and ends with Nasser informing Egypt of the loss of the Six Day War with Israel and announcing his resignation as the people take to the streets. The Sparrow is perhaps the least pleasurable of his films we've seen so far but very rewarding indeed. The more we talked about it and the more we read, the richer the film becomes.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 7: Un jour, Le Nil

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2020 48:02


A real find, the director´s cut of a celebrated film maudit, currently made available on the Henri platform through the great generosity of the Cinémathèque Française. A celebration of the Soviet-Egyptian collaboration that resulted in the building of the Aswan Dam, this film is also a critique of the dispossession and displacement it led to, a feminist critique of the loss of identity that accompanies following a husband to a new country, it can also very much be read as an inter-racial gay romance in the midst of the wrenching transformations brought on by Modernity. An extraordinary film that works on many levels, has an epic narrative sweep to accompany its 70mm Cinemascope specs, but that always brings the personal to the political and does so poetically through word, image and sound. A masterpiece of the cinema.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 6: The Land aka The Earth

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020 44:08


The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 6: The Land aka The Earth by Jose Arroyo & Richard Layne

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 5 Jamila The Algerian

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2020 38:25


An extraordinary political melodrama about liberation struggles in colonial settings, produced by its female star and released at the same time as Mehboob Kahn's Mother India, with which it would ideally be programmed. When we began this podcast I was a bit anxious that we weren't knowledgeable enough on Chahine's oeuvre to say anything worth listening to. But as I've began reading the literature on Chahine, I realise that what we know and can bring to the table is a knowledge of film history and film aesthetics. None of the books on Chahine I've read mention the influence of Gone With the Wind on this film -- extraordinarily interesting in the light of current discussions of the film -- and we are beginning to dig out patterning: the melodramatic mode, the politics that underpin, the extraordinary long takes often shot in and for depth, the filming from the inside out, the mobile camera, the ease with which affect is generated, the cinephilia through which one sees and where one detects the influence of Dreyer's Joan of Arc, Sirk's mise-en-scène, American post-war musicals; the homoeroticism more evident in some film than others but always a running thread; the filming of individuals with crowds, which are often depicted as community but also shown to turn against the individual. This is a film based on a true story and filmed in the heat of the moment where the fate of the heroine was not yet settled. It's an extraordinary film that once more raises questions regarding the relations between political cinema and film form. We highly recommend it.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast no. 4: José And Richard On Saladin (Egypt, 1963)

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 41:00


A discussion of Youssef Chahine's Saladin which offers some context on the cinematic representation of Saladin in relation to Richard the Lion Heart, some historical information in its relation to Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's efforts to maintain a United Arab Republic, and Chahine's attempts to narrate those aspirations through the story of Saladin. We admire the film's use of the CinemaScope frame, its staging in depth, its use of colour, and editing; and bemoan the way some of the action is directed. A huge popular success in its day. An Arab answer to the epics then so popular in Hollywood, not least in offering an Arab point-of-view on the Crusades; and a cultural mainstay through its regular rotation on television: this was also reputedly Nasser's favourite film.

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The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 3: Cairo Station

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 47:02


Our third podcast on Youssef Chahine films, this one on Cairo Station, a combination of Dickensian melodrama, Marxist analysis, neorealist aspirations, film noir techniques, and with a contemporary relevance in its Incel-on-a-rampage theme. A brilliant work, probably the best we've seen so far (though those with a penchant for romance might prefer The Blazing Sun).

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The Youssef Chahine Podcasts: Dark Water With Richard Layne and José Arroyo

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2020 43:19


A discussion of Youssef Chahine's Dark Water, currently on Netflix. José and Richard discuss how the film introduces the viewer to another culture which might seem sexist and authoritarian to modern sensibilities and that in spite of that is moving, compelling and beautiful. The podcast ranges over the sensuality depicted, the detection of elements of Shakespeare's Othello and Hamlet in some scenes, how the frame is alive with community and yet how one detects a patterning in the depiction of that community that connotes a queer culture in that that community which provides comfort and support can also turn on the individual, turn into a mob, and rampage onto murder. There's a dramatisation of class in the film with lots of parallelisms between aunt and niece and also what turns out, in typical melodramatic form, two brothers raised on opposite sides of a considerable class divide. One begins to detect patternings in Chahine's films, the extraordinary compositions, the visual poetry, the excitement of the narrative, the visual beautyf of the production, a Hollywood-style story telling with a grand romantic finale. There are long takes that often involve difficult orchestrations of movements of large numbers of people. This and The Blazing Sun are also melodramas where, like in noir, it is the man who's wounded and suffers for love, often due to his own misapprehensions. In spite of certain macho attitudes now alien to us, the film remains engaging, exciting and revealing.

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film
On Blazing Sun with Richard Layne

First Impressions: Thinking Aloud About Film

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2020 27:36


José Arroyo and Richard Layne discovered the work of Youssef Chahine at a retrospective of his work at Bologna last year, are thrilled that so many previously difficult-to-see films of his are now available on Netflix, and hope that these podcasts encourage people to watch and discuss the films. This is the first in a series. We hope to cover as many of them as possible, and in chronological order. We hope you join us on this journey

Tarab
Femmes et féminismes : des histoires en tout genres

Tarab

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 36:39


Dans l’imaginaire collectif, la France aurait consacré sur son territoire la pleine l’égalité entre les genres, et les pays musulmans seraient des espaces oppressifs où règnent de façon continue le sexisme et l’homophobie. Evidemment, les rapports femmes-hommes au Maghreb et au Moyen Orient sont bien plus complexes que cette image binaire. Ces rapports sont faits de trajectoires et de luttes propres, et ils ne cessent de se renégocier.En quoi la définition des féminités et masculinités sont imbriquées avec l’histoire de la colonisation ? En quoi le travail, la guerre, et l’accès à des ressources économiques sont des points essentiels dans les rapports de genres au Maghreb et au Moyen Orient ? Quels multiples usages de l’islam au service des luttes des femmes peut-on mettre en lumière ? Pour parler de grèves d’ouvrières, de féminisme islamique, ou encore de droit de vote au Koweit, Leïla Izrar reçoit les sociologues Abir Kréfa et Amélie le Renard, co-autrices de « Genre et Féminismes au Moyen-Orient et au Maghreb » RÉFÉRENCES CITÉESGenre et Féminismes au Moyen-Orient et au Maghreb, Abir Kréfa et Amélie le Renard (Amsterdam, 2020), Jamila Bouhired, Djamila L’Algérienne (Youssef Chahine, 1958), la chanteuse Fairouz, Heureuse comme une arabe en France, Adila Bennejaï-Zou (La série documentaire, France Culture).CRÉDITS Tarab est un podcast de Binge Audio animé par Leïla Izrar. Cet épisode a été enregistré à distance et au studio V. Despentes de Binge Audio (Paris, 19e). Réalisation et prise de son : Quentin Bresson. Musique : Waseem et Lamisse. Chargée de production et d’édition : Camille Regache. Identité graphique : Sébastien Brothier (Upian). Direction des programmes : Joël Ronez. Direction de la rédaction : David Carzon. Direction générale : Gabrielle Boeri-Charles. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

De vive(s) voix
De vive(s) voix - Omar Sharif, un grand acteur «limité par cet accent un peu indéfinissable»

De vive(s) voix

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 29:00


Né Michel Dimitri Chalhoub, l’acteur égyptien Omar Sharif (1932-2015) a trouvé son nom de scène en tournant avec Youssef Chahine en 1954. C'est avec ce dernier qu’il est présenté à Cannes en 1956, en jouant dans le film Les eaux noires. Démarre alors une carrière internationale avec la consécration de Lawrence d’Arabie dans lequel il interprète le prince du désert Ali Ibn Kharish, puis Le Docteur Jivago. Polyglotte, il évoque son rapport au français et comment il a séduit sa première femme en récitant du Shakespeare en anglais ! Mais aussi : - Un entretien : Le quatrième tome des Brèves de comptoir (éditions Robert Laffont) de Jean-Marie Gourio devait sortir en librairies en mars 2020. Alors que les cafés et restaurants viennent de rouvrir leurs terrasses partout en France et leurs salles dans les zones vertes, l’auteur dont le livre a retrouvé les rayons des libraires donne ses impressions sur les changements que la crise sanitaire va provoquer sur ces discussions qu’il récolte depuis des années. La chronique « C’est la classe » avec Julien Cousseau de RFI Savoirs qui présente les webinaires de l'Institut français de Paris. Un rendez-vous proposé via la plateforme IFprofs pour accompagner les enseignants de français pendant et après le confinement. Toutes les vidéos restent accessibles sur leur chaîne YouTube IF Langue française.

Bellezza e bizzarria - il cinema insolito secondo Goffredo Fofi

Goffredo Fofi racconta "Il destino" (1997) di Youssef Chahine, film sulla storia di Averroè, noto per essere stato uno dei grandi diffusori dell'opera di Aristotele.

Toute une vie
Youssef Chahine, l'ami égyptien (1926-2008)

Toute une vie

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2020 58:48


durée : 00:58:48 - Une vie, une oeuvre - par : Tewfik Hakem - Du haut des 40 films réalisés par le cinéaste égyptien Youssef Chahine au cours de 60 années de carrière, on peut contempler l'histoire mouvementée du 20ème siècle d’un tout autre point de vue. Révolutionnaire tranquille, cet humaniste levantin reste le cinéaste arabe le plus connu dans le monde. - réalisation : Christine Robert - invités : Marianne Khoury Productrice et cinéaste; Youssra Actrice égyptienne; Yousry Nasrallah Réalisateur; Amir Ramsès Cinéaste; Jack Lang Président de l'Institut du Monde Arabe; Dominique Racle Attachée de presse; Frédéric Bonnaud Directeur général de la Cinémathèque française.; Olivier Séguret Journaliste et critique de cinéma

Les Nuits de France Culture
Le bon plaisir de Youssef Chahine

Les Nuits de France Culture

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2019 119:59


durée : 02:00:00 - Les Nuits de France Culture - "Le bon plaisir" de Simone Douek proposait en 1997 une émission sur Youssef Chahine qui venait de réaliser son 33ème film "Le Destin". On entendait Georges Moustaki, Andrée Chédid, Alain Touraine, Jacques Lassalle, Patrice Chéreau et Michel Piccoli évoquer la personnalité de leur ami cinéaste...

Vintage Arab
Fayrouz et Chahine : Histoire d'une Rencontre | Vintage Arab Emission 7

Vintage Arab

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 26:57


Petite histoire contée de l'un des plus grands succès cinématographiques des années 60 qui a permis la rencontre de deux légendes : l'ambassadrice auprès des étoiles, la chanteuse libanaise Fayrouz, et le réalisateur égyptien Youssef Chahine. Ce podcast, dans un format plus court, car exclusivement consacré à une seule oeuvre, se propose de revenir sur la trajectoire du film mythique, Beya El Khawtem ("Le Vendeur de Bagues") d'après une pièce de théâtre des frères Rahbani, mis en scène en 1964 dans le cadre du festival de Baalbek. Chahine portera à l'écran cette oeuvre dans un film musical confirmera les statuts de novateurs du trio : celui de Assi et Mansour qui n'en finissent pas de bouleverser les codes, celui de Chahine qui en fit de même dans le cinéma. Et celui de Fayrouz qui s'offre, à cette époque-là, une place pour l'éternité. Playlist indicative : Fayrouz - Rahou راحو (El Baalbakia - Festival international de Baalbek 1961) Assi et Mansour Rahbani - فيروز-ميس-الريم-المقدمة Mais el Rim (Version Original Instrumental tiré de la pièce du même nom Fayrouz - Chanson d'ouverture du film Assi et Mansour Rahbani - Générique du film "Beya el Khatim" Nasri Shamsdine - عالعالي الدار Fayrouz - امي نامت عبكير Fayrouz / Salwa Haddad - يا بياع الخواتم Fayrouz - يا مرسال المراسيل

Podcast Filmes Clássicos
Episódio #117 - Dicas Triplas do PFC #11

Podcast Filmes Clássicos

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 85:58


Alexandre, Fred e o músico Willian de Andrade batem aquele papo sobre três filmes que consideram ótimas dicas para o cinéfilo de plantão. O episódio começa com o inesperado filme do egípcio Youssef Chahine, intitulado "Estação Central de Cairo" (Bab El Hadid, 1958 - acesse no marco 00:04:50), segue com o excelente filme de sequestro "Os Sicilianos" (Le clan des Siciliens, 1969 - acesse no marco 00:20:50), estrelado por Jean Gabin, Alain Delon e Lino ventura e termina com um filme que se perde na ótima filmografia de Sidney Lumet, "Armadilha Mortal" (Deathtrap, 1982 - acesse no marco 00:51:45). Mas fique tranquilo ao ouvir o cast se você ainda não viu estes filmes, pois só começamos a falar de spoilers a partir do marco 01:03:41. ----------------- Acesse nosso site: http://www.filmesclassicos.com.br Acesse nosso grupo: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1475312462775785/ Nos procure no seu aplicativo de podcast do celular, no Spotify, YouTube, Anchor ou iTunes.

Luxfilmfest Podcast
Luxfilmfest Podcast #2 - Masterclass Arab Cinema

Luxfilmfest Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2018 58:54


Masterclass with the former Arabic Programmes Director for Dubai International Film Festival and Iraqi journalist Erfan Rashid on cinema in Arab countries. In his hour-long talk, Erfan Rashid takes you from the first film screening in the Arab world, in Egypt in 1896, to the first Egyptian production of "Laila" in 1927, to more recent developments, changes and trends after the Arab Spring, and the role of modern, female directors. Recorded in front of a live audience on 26th February 2018 at the Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain during the 8th Luxembourg City Film Festival. Links to the clips mentioned in the recording: "Last Men in Aleppo" (2017) by Feras Fayyad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrJ8zpgMGOg "The Insult" (2017) by Ziad Doueiri: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwVCaD971Eo "Reseba: The Dark Wind" (2016) by Hussein Hassan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMCe-m5SnJs "The Thief and the Dogs" (1962) by Kamal El Sheikh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBuju46l3NI "Le chaos" (2007) by Youssef Chahine & Khaled Youssef: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpPXW1N_2s "It was better tomorrow" (2012) by Hinde Boujemaa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2p4A3TD8qw "Benzine" (2017) by Sarra Abidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CtOJ3rYb2w

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Flicks with The Film Snob
Cairo Station

Flicks with The Film Snob

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2018 4:17


Youssef Chahine’s groundbreaking 1958 film dealt frankly with sexual issues, which did not please Egyptian audiences at the time, but…

Finleys On Film - Classic and Funny Film Podcast

Warning: They burned the library in Alexandria for less profanity than this! The Finleys yack about a couple of classic films from Egyptian director Youseff Chahine: Cairo Station (1958) and Jamilia, the Algerian (1958).

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