Beyond Casablanca M.A. Tazi and the adventure of Moroccan cinema - Tazi, M. A., (Mohamed Abderrahman) (Indiana University Press, 2004)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : third world, many worlds -- The most successful Moroccan film ever -- Interlude : film's power and function -- Building the national cinema, building a career -- Interlude : a first feature : The big trip (1981) -- Huston, Wise, Coppola, Camus ... and Pasolini, Scorsese ... and some others -- Badis (1989) -- Interlude : telling a story : narrative and symbols -- The other side of the wind, almost -- Interlude : Lalla hobby : the film -- Reflections and projections -- Conclusion : future flights of the bumblebee
Dwyer explores the problems of creativity in the Arab and African world, focusing on Moroccan cinema and one of its key figures, filmmaker M.A. Tazi. The author develops three themes simultaneously: the filmmaker's career and films; filmmaking in postcolonial Morocco; and the relationship between Moroccan cinema, Third World and Arab cinema, and the global film industry