In some ways, perhaps the film’s most radical message lies in its impeccably rich re-creation of the seventh-century Hejaz. But Majidi’s lavish $40m film is nothing if not well-intentioned, and what we do see-courtesy of Apocalypse Now DoP Vittorio Storaro, always verges on the symbolic.
Majid Majidi’s Muhammad: Messenger of God, on the other hand, takes the representation plunge.
“This is not the first time the prophet of Islam has hit the big screen, but Moustapha Akkad’s 1977 film The Message chose to relay Qu’ranic history only from Muhammad’s point of view. Muhammad Shafiq, executive director of the Brian and Jean Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue and professor of religious studies at Nazareth College, will provide context and commentary on the film, which has been the source of international controversy. Directed by internationally awarded and respected Iranian veteran Majid Majidi, this extravagant historical spectacle chronicles the first thirteen years in the life of Prophet Muhammad.Īfter the screening, Dr. The George Eastman Museum is proud to host the East Coast premiere and very rare screening of one of the latest epic productions filmed by Storaro, with an introduction by Storaro himself. Vittorio Storaro | East Coast Premiere | Cinematographer in Person | Post-screening Remarks by Dr.
(Majid Majidi, Iran 2015, 178 min., DCP, Persian w/subtitles)
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