ARB 2102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Talaat Harb, Arab Cinema, Cinema Of Egypt
3 Apr 2019
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Arab cinema: egypt always dominated arab movie industry with its prolific production of mass audience films, on the same lines as those of hollywood. Egypt produced 80% of all arab feature films: history of egyptian cinema, 1897: movie theatres start in alexandria, egypt. The french company pathe opens a regular movie theater in cairo in 1906. Les freres lumiere: 1908: five cinemas in cairo and alexandria, 1917: 80 movie theatres in egypt, 1927: most arab countries have a dozen movie theatres each; showing european and. Melodrama, farce and adventure: much of these genres and ideas were taken from the western side of the world, musical comedy: first cinema genre in egypt. Musical is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance: this didn"t have much of a storyline. For 40-50 years, the egyptians behaved as cultural center for all arabs. You would go to cairo (they wouldn"t pay attention to nationality).
