The Youssef Chahine Podcast No. 30: Context: Encounter with the Unknown

A discussion of Atef Salem's 1959 Encounter with the Unknown, part of a cycle of films we will be covering as a way of setting a context for better understanding the work of Youssef Chahine. We discuss the very glamorous pairing of Omar Shariff and Samia Gamal, the superb mise-en-scène and visuals, what such skill brings to a rickety script and what it cannot, the relative lack of conceptual and thematic richness in comparison to Chahine and much else. You can follow the blogpost at: https://notesonfilm1.com/2021/03/03/the-youssef-chahine-podcast-no-30-encounter-with-the-unknown-%d9%85%d9%88%d8%b9%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%87%d9%88%d9%84-1959/