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The Infidel (trailer)
Issandr El AmraniThis film, The Infidel, is about a British muslim fundie who finds out he was adopted and that his biological parents were Jewish. It looks potentially quite funny, although I'm not a fan of director David Baddiel generally speaking. Chris Morris, the genius comedian behind the classic fake news series Brass Eye, is also making a comedy about British Muslim fundamentalists called Four Lions.
Reader Comments (6)
While passing judgment on a film merely on a trailer may be being jumping to conclusions, it appears as if this film is furthering the divide between cultures. Pointing out cultural and religious differences that are purely superficial, even if it be through comedy furthers separation and hate between cultures. If humanities ultimate goal is peace then recognizing similarities in our cultures is important rather than differences.
"We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another"
"The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace"
This correlation is what should be represented in the media.
Went to a screening of THE INFIDEL last week -- it was hysterically funny and a brilliant fresh film. It made me laugh out loud, it was warm and funny and I thought Omid was excellent in the lead role... so far I wonder what the two communites will make of it...?
I saw a preview of this and it was great. A bit middle-of-the road but that's another way of saying it tread a fine line. Pointing out difference humoursly doesn't have to further difference especially if the pomposities of both sides are mocked gently at the same time. so personally i t hink it brings things further together, and that was obvioulsy the intended message of the movie so... best to see it really before offering these thoughts?!
I too am intrigued by the trailer as I completely disagree that this film has an influence to make a divide larger than it already is.
Personally I think it highlights an awareness of the current divide that exists.
The only thing that makes a divide is people and there actions behind there beliefs.
I beleive you can still have a culture a religion and accepting/respecting other cultures and belief.
War does not grow on trees its people strong beliefs also greed that can cause a war the same applies to segregation/divide.
Its only a comedy that should be treated as a commedy. I cannot say more than that as I would like to watch more than a trailer. To treat this any differently than a commedy would be suggesting/demanding negative divide that no one wants in my opinion.
This looks brilliant. Sometimes the only way to smooth over a divide is by using comedy and so this film may be far more effective and surprsing than we think.
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