Crusades this is the director’s film Ridley Scott which airs tonight at 8:28 pm on Iris. As with many of the director’s “period” films, Ridley Scott was widely criticized for making a film riddled with errors and inaccuracies. However, despite this, Crusades and its director received a very warm welcome from the unexpected “public.”
Crusades, plot
Balian (Orlando Bloom) – a man who no longer believes in anything, least of all in an Almighty and generous God, who was unable to save the life of his wife. Baliano spends his days working as a blacksmith and seems reluctant to make big gestures: but one day Godfrey of Ibelin comes to the village (Liam Neeson), a crusader who confesses to the man that he is his father and offers him a “place” where he can go and fight the infidels in the Holy Land. With a heavy heart because of the crime, Balian decides to leave and take part in the war against King Saladin (Ghassan Massoud) and soon falls in love with the beautiful queen of Jerusalem (Eva Green).
Satisfying Muslims
As was said at the outset, despite accusations of numerous inaccuracies in the creation Crusades, Ridley Scott has actually received a lot of praise and praise, especially from believers. Muslims. As is well known, Ridley Scott has never been a director with the goal of making purely “historical” films that are therefore accurate in all respects or free from sweeping narrative liberties. The director’s eyes were always more interested in the essence of the story, rather than its connection with reality. Just as happens, for example, Gladiator, where there are serious errors in simple scenography, Ridley Scott does not Crusades First of all, he wanted to tell the story of a man who has no faith left, who agrees to go to the holy war and crusades. To achieve this goal, as stated on the websiteInternet Movie Databasethe director could count on his friendship with King Mohamed VI Morocco, which provided one and a half thousand soldiers and equipment for the production, which, if necessary, could be used to interpret both the Christian and Muslim armies, with a simple change of costume. The help of the ruler of Morocco, which undoubtedly made the work of the production a little easier, was provided with ready and trained extras for the production on stage.
And perhaps it was friendship with the sovereign that allowed Ridley Scott to bring to the big screen a truthful and respectful portrait of the Muslim religion. In 2005, when the film was released, the perception of the Muslim religion was still greatly influenced by the terrible attack 2001 in Twin Towers New York, so it was easier to come across products that perceived Muslims only as bad guys or enemies to be defeated. As stated onHerald TribuneInstead of, Crusades received many positive reviews from Muslims around the world, including in the United States. For example, the headline tells about the ad Rabia Ahmed, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, who said: “It was really nice to go to the cinema and watch a movie and feel respected without feeling the need to be ashamed of anything, feeling proud of your history and its legacy.” Layla al-Qwatamiwhich at the time of release Crusades he was a member of the Anti-Discrimination Center for Arab Americans in Washington, he showed the same enthusiasm and said: “(The film) portrays the cultural and religious realities of the time in an honest and nuanced way. We’re also very happy that (Ridley Scott) used two Muslim actors in the film.” Second IMDB, However, not only prominent figures in political and cultural life paid compliments to the director. In fact, Ridley Scott received dozens of letters from anonymous Muslims thanking him for his truthful and never offensive portrayal of their religion.