This movie can’t last long (you get it, you don’t get it), and as you read this word you discover that at least 90 percent of the screens that opened their doors to it a week ago are gone, and by the time you get to the end of the article, I fear that even of the remaining 10 percent, there will be nothing left!!
The answer is already ready, and repeating that there is a boycott of Bayoumi’s films, whose name is enough to prevent the spectator from entering the cinema, I think is a wrong answer, even if a few weeks ago the cinemas were closing even at a speed that exceeds the pace (femtosecond) of his film (Charging Card), due to the drop in ratings. .
Let’s not take the above analysis at face value because it is inaccurate, as evidenced by the fact that the two films remaining in the five-way race for “New Year” films co-starred with “Al-Iskandarani” and “Al-Harifa.”
One of the older actors has a simile. I didn’t ask his permission to publish his name, so I’ll settle for writing the simile. He told me that there are two types: actors (limousines), and others (microbuses). . The former chooses a film with particular specifications and also receives a large fee, while the latter stays at the station. There is a unified price and he receives a small fee from ten producers. If he makes only one film, he can collect his fare, but he prefers to collect money from all passengers.
Despite the validity of this expression, I have to say that Bayoumi is a talented actor, and no matter how many roles he plays, you find that they are very different when he dedicates himself to the dramatic character. Last year, in 2023, he had a huge presence in a third of the number of theatrical films and, in the end, they remain the two most important films in which he participated as a protagonist (“Foy Foy Foy” and “Wush Fi Wash” they provide a dramatic role that brings lines and conflict, pushing the actor to let his talent ignite, based on a script and a director.
Boycotts, both of food and drinks, as well as films and series, may start strong, but only last for a certain period of time.
Years ago, for example, it was decided to boycott Turkish series and many satellite channels participated in the slogan “No to Turkish drama” to protest against the Turkish position, then we discovered that it was they who achieved the highest viewing density thanks to the remote control. I managed to find them on other channels.
The films in which Bayoumi starred were defeated because they deserved it as cinema tapes, far from any other shadow.
I remember that in the aftermath of the January 25 revolution, a blacklist was drawn up of a number of stars considered to be linked to the Mubarak era, including the talented Talaat Zakaria, because he played the role of the “president’s cook” and had Many meetings with Mubarak and he was shown the film “The Elephant in the Handkerchief”, but he didn’t go. One, and the quick response was to boycott, but this was not true. The film had reasons for its failure.
The film (My Cousin and I) is a clear example of all the possible and impossible variations of the weight of the shadow. Its filmmakers are driven by one thing, which is filling an hour and a half with nothingness. What we have seen cannot be The script was supervised by Doaa Abdel Wahab, directed by Ahmed Saleh and starring… By Bayoumi Fouad and Sayed Ragab, also starring veterans Inaam Salousa and Mimi Gamal, and all that remains in memory is that Bayoumi and Sayed, cousins, struggle to prove who is superior, given that they were in the womb.
The two great artists surprise you, especially since each of them has other options and is in great demand in soap operas and theater, which pushes them to agree except that they were dealing with the system (microbus).
The balance of the five films with which we greeted the new year was not satisfactory overall. There were two films in which we bet on two stars who were not among the box office heroes. This is definitely an adventure we should stop at. Egyptian cinema usually adapts its films to stars already approved at the box office, while (Why do you live it alone), which was talked about two days ago in this space, has definitely gone outside the box by assigning the championship to Sherif Mounir and Khaled El-Sawy, while in the second (Me and My Cousin) there were Yumi Fouad and Sayed Ragab, and the result in both cases confirms the loss of the bet.
Despite this, in both cases it is the authors of the two tapes who have to bear the defeat, that is, the director who was enthusiastic about a script but did not realize that he had every reason to fail.
We have a film production movement that has become more active since last year, and still is, and I don’t rule out that the number of films this year could exceed fifty.
Films currently earn high revenues in the Gulf market, particularly in Saudi Arabia, and the production model that forced the star to maintain his salary will change to present one film per year. I imagine that this rule will be broken, and we have, for example, the example of Muhammad Imam after the success of his film (Abu Nasab), produced in Egypt and Saudi Arabia by 2023. He has two films coming out which will be screened by end of this year.
This will certainly push Karim Abdel Aziz and Ahmed Ezz to change their production pace.
Is this all that’s needed? We certainly have ambitions for the better, but the presence of an active film production movement, no matter at what level, I see a positive phenomenon, with concrete attempts to open the censorship department further to discuss many issues intertwined with reality. I see it as an inevitable step. After that, you definitely won’t find a movie like (O Anna, My Aunt), because (the microbus) will be out of service!!
2024-01-11 00:01:50
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