Syriana: The Dubai Connection

"Syriana created an awareness that you can do a high-end movie in Dubai and that it's a new area where feature films can be shot but a lot is going to depend on the development of the industry," says Tim Smythe, CEO of Dubai-based production company Filmworks, which worked on Syriana. "The UAE's movie making business is still very young it has been growing steadily but it is not yet a complete industry and needs constant work."(Gulf News 15 Feb 2006)

I have yet to see the movie..I heard from friends who had...either u love or hate it..because there are so many layers and u need to put on your thinking cap to fully enjoy and understand the entire show. George Clooney won the Best Supporting Actor Award for the movie at the 78th Academy. He was great in ER but I thought it was a waste of his talent in Batman and Robin!

In a nutshell...Syriana is a political thriller....about oil, money,USA, China, Gulf states, spies, bribery, betrayal..economic terrorism etc sounds like everyone wants to rule the world!Its definitely not your usual good versus evil kind of show..u will probably curse and swear if this is not your genre..lol.Heavy stuff.

In any case, I doubt..I might be wrong....Syriana will make it to this part of the world...too sensitive and hot for the locals to handle it seems. Apparently, the local censorship board (according to BBC last night)has yet to give the green light..after more than 3 weeks of deliberation. Sounds like a dead lock! It will be ironic when the movie was filmed here in the first instance.I can assure you..Brokeback Mountain will face the same fate as in China :)

Anyway, I read that THE ALCHEMIST will be filmed in UAE, later part of this year..that should be interesting...and hopefully as someone coined it..DUBAIWOOD is in the making!