Inescapable Mentioned At Star Trek.com Options

[charmedgirl]

Startrek.com has a blurp about Sid in Inescapable:

"Former Deep Space Nine actor Alexander Siddig will co-star alongside Oded Fehr, Joshua Jackson, Saad Siddiqui and Marisa Tomei in the film Inescapable. Siddig, according to The Hollywood Reporter, will play a Syrian expatriate who returns home to search for his daughter, a journalist who has gone missing. Tomei will play Siddig's ex-lover, whom he turns to for help. Production will begin on March 12, with Ruba Nadda in the director's chair. Nadda directed Siddig in the acclaimed feature Cairo Time."

This post has been edited by charmedgirl: Mar 2 2012, 07:02 PM

[AbbyS]

Everything i know about film making can be written in big letters on the back of a postage stamp but I do wonder if the issues in Syria will make it into the film.

I know it is shot elsewhere (Jordan? South Africa).

Am I right in thinking that the whole plot is based in Syria? Wouldn't it be in the back of everyone's mind if there was no mention of the civilian massacre in the film whenever it comes out? I assume that the film will be based in present time.

Then again, Cairo Time was filmed before the Arab Spring and at no time while watching that did the thought of rioting pop into my mind.

I'm very interested in peoples association of places/times. I think about this movie being released at a time when (who knows?) those involved in the shelling of Homs are brought to justice / the Free Syrian Army is disbanded and peace returns.

I am not trying to incite a political discussion of Syria. Rather a curiosity into the audiences reaction to a plot line. I very much hope that, in true Rubba Nadda style, she'll bring out the best of Damascus visually as well as add the tension essential to an action/thriller genre.

Would be interesting to hear your thoughts...


I also read this article - it was joined with the Star Trek Enterprise captian? Archer? The only Star Trek series I haven't watched.

This post has been edited by AbbyS: Mar 3 2012, 01:06 AM

[TaBet]

Am I right in thinking that the whole plot is based in Syria? Wouldn't it be in the back of everyone's mind if there was no mention of the civilian massacre in the film whenever it comes out? I assume that the film will be based in present time.

Must be difficult to make a movie which story is strongly related to the political system of a country, when that system is challangend. I assume it might be easier to place the story in the near past, to a definite year, just to avoid confusion "what regime are we talking about?" At least, if you want the story to take place in a real country.

Not mentioning the massacres would not neccesarrily be something people miss when they watch the movie in two years or so. Depends on the outcome. If Assad wins, it will be the same system. .... Who in the West is/was aware of the massacres of Hama in 1964 and 1982 ? Now, maybe because the media is looking for background information, but before? I was not aware of them before I visited the country three years ago and our travel guide told us about it (our local "guide" = secret service watchdog must have been away at that moment).
Don't we all forget about those things? It's in the news, we are shocked, we feel helpless and angry. But it is so far away and it does not change our day to day life ... and after some time, it's no longer in the daily news, and then it is no longer in the news at all, and then the memory starts to fade. The world is a cruel place in so many places, and we can be sure there will be something new in the news which calls for our attention.

[TOC]

It looks like they avoided all this by giving it a specific year: 2011. That puts it before the current political unrest so whatever happens won't affect the historical context of the movie.

When it comes to timelines, I always think of the musical "Chess" which was written during the cold war with the Soviet Union and kept being REwritten as the political situation there changed. If they'd simply made it a specific year, they could have avoided all that!

Carol

[Mel]

The new synopsis (posted on the main site) specifically states that it takes place in January 2011.