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Born of Fire [DVD] [1987] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Peter Firth (Actor), Suzan Crowley (Actor), Jamil Dehlavi (Director) | Format: DVD
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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  • Actors: Peter Firth, Suzan Crowley, Stefan Kalipha, Oh-Tee, Nabil Shaban
  • Directors: Jamil Dehlavi
  • Writers: Jamil Dehlavi, Rafiq Abdullah
  • Producers: Jamil Dehlavi, Stewart Richards, Thérèse Pickard
  • Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
  • Studio: Mondo Macabre
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Oct 2009
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • ASIN: B002IJQ316
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 76,941 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great lost classic? 5 Feb 2008
By K. Eden
Format:VHS Tape
A female astronomer (Susan Crowley) enters the recital of flautist Paul Bergson (Peter Firth) just as he is troubled by hearing the sound of a strange flute. Talking, they also both discover they see identical things. Paul is called to his mother's bedside and as she dies she whispers the name of the Master Musician, a man Paul's father went to see in Turkey to learn prolonged blowing techniques but returned to the UK never playing again. And so, haunted by strange visions and precognitions, Paul and the woman astronomer travel to Turkey. There, with the help of the local priest Bilal (Stefan Kalifa), he realizes he must engage the Master Musician (Oh-Tee) in a musical duel and find the never-ending note that will make the Master Musician bow to the will of Allah and stop the Earth being consumed by fire.
In the interim the woman becomes possessed by the soul of Paul's fathers lover and both see visions of her being killed.
A hauntingly beautiful and mysterious film. The stunning Turkish scenery only adds to the mystery.
The constant profusion of weird imagery - the sun being eclipsed by a skull; houris who leave smoking footprints; weird elliptical flappings over of time; rivers of blood - does make it somewhat watchable, if wholly incomprehensible. Little of anything is explained - the imagery is intended to be everything.
A great lost classic......
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Islamic Horror movie 12 Aug 2009
By Dawoud Kringle - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
Yes, you read correctly. This is, to my knowledge, the only Islamic Horror movie. Now, Muslim nations such as Pakistan, Turkey, etc. have produced plenty of horror movies. But this is the only one that presents the genre of horror from truly Islamic mindset. All the others were copies of Western / Christian based horror.

In a nutshell, a concert flautist and his astronomer girlfriend go to rural Turkey to investigate a solar disturbance that threatens the earth. While there, the flautist is taken under the wing by a Sufi (Islamic mystic) who helps prepare him to battle a powerful djinn (demonic spirit) - and they do battle using nothing but music as their weapons.

The film has a few flaws, and the symbolism will be a bit confusing to some who are unfamiliar with the base material. But all is all, its a good film; and if nothing else, it holds its own as a unique piece of cinema.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Visual Rumi For The Soul 22 April 2008
By Brian E. Erland - Published on Amazon.com
Format:VHS Tape
`Born of Fire' is an obscure, surreal film from '83 starring Peter Firth (Equus). Based on Arabian Mythology, the tale delicately unfolds of a young man who travels to the Middle East in search of the mystical Master Flautist bent on destroying the world through sound.

This film is definitely not geared to the general audience. It's extremely slow and the storyline is ill-defined and difficult to follow. However if you give it a chance you'll discover it has a unique, melodic feel all its own that will draw the attentive viewer into it's mystical world and leave its audience a lingering memory of mood and texture if not understanding.

My Rating: -3 ½ Stars-.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Islamic Horror, a Sufi Fairy Tale 3 Mar 2010
By Brett McCoy - Published on Amazon.com
Format:DVD
I don't see this film so much as horror but as Sufi fairy tale... the Rumi quote at the beginning of the film really sets the tone for theme of the film. Yes, the symbolism (if you want to call it that) is hard to follow, and really, the only way to understand the film is not to take everything literally. I dont know what else I can say about this film, it's very surreal and gorgeous and sensuous and mystical and fiery, all at the same time.
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