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Locating Heaven: Fatih Akin's Meditation on the Outcome of Tolerance and Hospitality (Critical Essay)

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  • Title: Locating Heaven: Fatih Akin's Meditation on the Outcome of Tolerance and Hospitality (Critical Essay)
  • Author : Journal of Religion and Film
  • Release Date : January 01, 2010
  • Genre: Religion & Spirituality,Books,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 200 KB

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Article [1] When reviewers in the States describe Fatih Akin's The Edge of Heaven (2007), they do so with glowing, albeit incomplete or somewhat inaccurate categorizations of the film. Steven Rea calls Heaven "near-perfect" and "profound.." (1)Ann Hornaday concurs adding that the film is everything Alejandro Gonzalez Inrritu's highly acclaimed Babel (2006) wanted to be, but failed to accomplish.. (2) A.O. Scott simply calls the film a "revelation." (3) Impressive as these accolades are they do little to name the subject of Heaven's profundity or purpose of its revelation. When they attempt to tease out the inspiration for Akin's accomplishments, they do so trusting the explicit elements of the film too much, and end up producing insights that are as restrictive as they are discerning. Mark Olsen, for instance, notes the ways in which the "back-and forth interconnectedness slowly strips away the characters' obvious differences, leaving only their common humanity," but he fails to name that which makes them common. (4) Roger Ebert acknowledges the goodness and perseverance of Akin's characters, but he neglects to identify what it is that gives these characters their decency or resolve. (5) While such shortcomings do not mollify fervor for the film, they do divert audience attention from the narrative and stylistic devices Akin uses to specify these attitudes and actions, which consequently minimizes the effect of Heaven's denouement.


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