The Sheik and I Page #4
FINE. YOU WIN.
YOU WIN.
SO YOU JUST NEED
TO WASH YOUR HANDS?
OH, FACE AND FEET?
YEAH.
[WATER RUNNING]
THE MOUTH?
MOUTH. BISMILLAH.
BISMILLAH.
YEAH.
YOU BLOW IT OUT.
SO, TO START A PRAYER,
WE SAY, ALLAHU AKBAR,
WHICH IS GOD IS GREA OR GOD IS THE GREATEST.
ALLAHU AKBAR--
BY RAISING:
THE HANDS LIKE THIS.
ALLAHU AKBAR.
ALLAHU AKBAR.
THEN WE PUT OUR HANDS HERE.
RIGHT OVER LEFT.
MM-HMM.
AND THEN,
PROSTRATION.
IT'S OKAY.
IF IT FALLS OFF?
OH, LIKE THIS?
YEAH.
YES, LIKE THIS.
YOU JUST LEAVE IT.
SOME PEOPLE WILL TRY
TO PICK IT UP,
UH-HUH, IS THAT TRUE NOW TOO
DURING THE REAL PRAYER.
YES. SALAAM ALAYKUM.
SALAAM.
SALAAM ALAYKUM.
SALAAM.
SALAAM ALAYKUM.
SALAAM.
STOP.
OKAY STOP. STOP.
YOU HAVE TO STOP.
SORRY.
YEAH, YEAH.
YOU KNOW, CAMILLE TOLD
THERE WAS THIS FILM
ABOUT MOHAMMAD THAT WAS MADE.
THE MESSENGER.
IT S LIKE A BIG BUDGE SPECTACLE FILM.
AND THE WAY THEY GO AROUND THE PROHIBITION
AGAINST REPRESENTING MOHAMMAD
IN SUNNI ISLAM--
IN SHIITE ISLAM,
WHICH IS WHAT IRANIANS ARE,
WHICH IS WHAT MY PARENTS
ARE AND THE TRADITION
THAT I'M FROM--
IS THAT THEY DIDN'T SHOW
MOHAMMAD'S FACE.
IT WAS ALWAYS A POV SHOT.
NO ONE EVER KNEW
IT WAS MOHAMMAD,
AND APPARENTLY, THERE'S A GUY
IN THERE WHO'S LIKE THE BAD GUY
IN THE MOVIE AND WHEN PEOPLE
AFTER THE MOVIE CAME OUT,
ROCKS AT HIM AND SPI AT HIM AND LIKE, THREATEN HIM.
AND CAMILLE EXPLAINED
TO ME LIKE,
IN THE MIDDLE EAST,
THAT NOT ALL PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND WHAT FILM IS.
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND
IT'S PRETEND.
AND THIS GUY COULDN' GET A JOB, THE ACTOR.
HAD TO LIKE GIVE
HIM A SPECIAL ANNUAL STIPEND
SO THAT HE COULD,
HIM AND HIS FAMILY
COULD LIKE LIVE, BECAUSE
EVERYONE HATED HIM
FOR PLAYING THIS VILLAIN
IN THIS MOVIE AND NO
BEING ABLE TO DISTINGUISH
BETWEEN FACT AND FICTION.
HELLO. HOW ARE YOU?
HI, HOW ARE YOU?
HOW DO WE GET ON THE BOAT?
COME. BABY COME.
IT'S OKAY.
NO. WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THE BOAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE IT A TRY.
YOU GO FIRS AND THEN I'LL HAND...
GO FIRST.
[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
THIS IS YOUR WIFE.
I'M FROM IRAN.
YES, BUT YOU--
YES. YES, WIFE.
[SPEAKS FOREIGN LANGUAGE]
YES! FROM NEW YORK.
[ZAHEDI]
SO, WE'RE MAKING A MOVIE.
[CHILD] YEAH.
THERE'S ALSO STORY STUFF.
I ALSO WANT TO...
[CHILDREN] YES.
SO, WE'LL SEE YOU
MAYBE TOMORROW NIGH OR THE NEXT NIGHT,
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU.
BYE-BYE.
SEE YOU GUYS.
BYE.
BYE.
WE DON' HAVE A MUSICAL SEQUENCE.
LIKE IN HOLLYWOOD
MUSICAL SEQUENCE?
YEAH, BUT LIKE MAYBE ARABIC.
[MIDDLE EASTERN]
THAT SEEMS:
LIKE A WHOLE PRODUCTION.
I KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW.
WELL...
YOU HAVE TO MAKE, LIKE,
CHOREOGRAPHY.
[CHUCKLES]
LIKE PROBABLY:
THE 13-YEAR OLD INDIAN GIRL
COULD TEACH ME, LIKE,
BOLLYWOOD CHOREOGRAPHY.
WELL, MAYBE
WITH THE INDIAN KIDS.
THEY COULD DO:
A BOLLYWOOD THING.
BUT WE COULD:
CHOREOGRAPH THE KIDS
DOING A MUSICAL NUMBER
AROUND SOCCER.
[WOMAN]
[MAN SINGING ADHAN]
[ZAHEDI CHANTS]
WELL, MAYBE I WOULDN'T BE VERY--
MAYBE IT WOULD BE MORE PRAY.
[ADHAN]
ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
[MAN]
WHAT ABOUT LIKE YOU--
WHY DON'T WE USE
THE PRAYER CHOREOGRAPHY?
[MIDDLE EASTERN]
[MAN]
[WOMAN]
HOW MANY--
I DON'T KNOW.
IT PROBABLY IS.
READY, ONE, TWO THREE BOW.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOMETHING
SO CENTRAL ABOU THIS PRAYER HERE.
IT'S LIKE THE WHOLE CENTER
OF THIS PLACE,
IT'S LIKE FIVE TIMES A DAY,
EVERYBODY STOPS WHA THEY'RE DOING
WHICH IS RITUALIZED.
I MEAN, THIS IS WHAT ART DOES.
ART DOESN'T JUST BOW.
ART HAS A GAZE THAT HAS
COMPLEXITY AND DISTANCE,
RIGHT?
SO REALLY,
I THINK THAT'S WHAT--
THAT'S WHAT'S INTERESTING
TO DO.
THAT'S WHAT ART SHOULD DO.
IT SHOULDN'T JUST LIKE BE
ONLY REVERENT TO THE SACRED.
IT SHOULD ALSO, LIKE,
BE PLAYFUL WITH THE SACRED.
HIGH.
HIGH STEP.
HIGH.
HIGH STEP.
[REPEATING]
ACTION.
GOT IT?
YES.
OKAY. IT WAS GOOD.
THANK YOU.
[ZAHEDI]
BUT ANYWAY, SOME PEOPLE
WHO WERE IN THE COURTYARD
WHEN WE WERE SHOOTING
COMPLAINED TO THE SHARJAH
ART FOUNDATION:
SACREDLY TOWARDS PRAYER.
HE SAID THAT PEOPLE
ARE A LITTLE FREAKED OU
ABOUT ALL THE SHOOTING
WORRIED ABOUT IT,
IF HE SAYS CERTAIN THINGS
THAT MAYBE AREN'T ORTHODOX.
LARA WAS WORRIED
WITH THIS FOOTAGE.
EVERYONE IS JUST PARANOID
AND, UM, HE JUST SAID--
HE SAID HE DOESN'T KNOW
WHERE THE LINES ARE HIMSELF
BECAUSE HE'S A GUEST HERE, BU
WE'RE FILMING HIM
TALKING ABOUT ISLAM
AND MAYBE IT'S A DIFFERENT KIND
OF ISLAM THAN THEIR SHEIK'S
BRAND OF ISLAM,
THEN HE'LL BE LIKE OFFENDED,
AND HE'S GOT A GUEST VISA
FOR THREE MONTHS,
AND THEY COULD EASILY
NOT RENEW IT.
SO EVERYONE'S JUST LIKE...
WORRIED.
UM...
THERE'S NO A LOT OF DANCING...
[ZAHEDI]
WHO WORKED AT THE MUSEUM
IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO BE
IN OUR CHOREOGRAPHY SCENE,
AND THEY SAID, YES,
SO WE SCHEDULED A DAY
CHANGED THEIR MINDS
OR THEY SAID THEY FORGO TO BRING THEIR BURQAS.
I DON'T KNOW,
EXCEPT ONE WOMAN
WHO WAS EGYPTIAN.
APPARENTLY, EGYPTIANS
AREN'T AS UPTIGHT.
[ZAHEDI ON SET]
OKAY, LET'S TRY THIS
OKAY, GO.
RIGHT, RIGH LEFT, LEF
RIGHT, RIGHT.
LEFT, LEFT.
[REPEATING]
THAT LOOKS GOOD.
A LITTLE MORE, MICHAEL...
ZUZU'S GOOD.
[ZAHEDI]
WITH THE CHOREOGRAPHY SCENE
BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES
WERE NOT,
AND I THINK:
THEY WERE GETTING UPSET.
WHEN THEY REALIZED
IT WAS LIKE WESTERN DANCING,
THEY LIKE GOT REALLY UPSET.
[ZAHEDI]
THEY SAW WHAT WE WERE DOING
AND THEY TOLD THE OTHER ONES,
AND THE OTHER ONES
WERE LIKE REALLY MAD,
AND THEY BASICALLY
TOLD THE EGYPTIAN WOMAN
TO STOP DOING I:
AND THEY WERE MAD
AT HER AND I THINK
WERE WORRIED:
HER JOB:
JUST FOR DANCING
IN OUR MOVIE SCENE.
IT'S THE THING I HATE MOS IN THE WORLD IS PEOPLE WHO TRY
TO LIKE GET IN THE
WAY OF MY FILMS,
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO ME.
I MEAN, MY SON IS MORE
THAT ARE NOT PEOPLE,
FILMMAKING IS THE MOS IMPORTANT THING TO ME.
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