We have become more preachers of the “Holy Spider” than its critics/ we only condemn well

Charso Press: On the sidelines of the poster launch of the 10th Image Film Festival, Majid Majidi explained about the artistic reaction to the film “Holy Spider” and that he once made the film The Prophet (PBUH) in response to offensive Danish cartoons. And I made it because of the reading of Islam in the world, not because it was just a response to some cartoons, and its level should not be lowered.

He added: In those days, I believed that the interpretation of Islam in the world is wrong and most of it is political, and as an artist, based on my beliefs and convictions, I felt that we should present another perspective against that trend, not just chanting and condemning it. do.

The director of “Children of the Sky” criticized the way of dealing with the movie “Holy Spider” and said: “I think we were very rude and became more of a victim of that movie.” Of course, I haven’t seen the movie and I have no artistic judgment, but based on the opinions of friends who have seen it, I’m sure it’s a silly work. We are just waiting to condemn, and I think we should create a ministry to condemn, for example, the Ministry of Guidance is more active in this field than trying to explain the effect and perspective to the society.

Regarding the fact that our religious films are limited to “the day of the event”, Majidi said: Our cultural trustees deal with this category in the form of slogans and do not intend to have a serious plan and only issue orders and notifications. For example, the minister says to build some fancy works, as if they are ordering goods. Basically, the position of our cultural custodians is wrong, and those who are at the top of it, I think, have made a mistake and have been appointed wrongly. They are good people, but they are not like this. We have never had a good cultural custodian, of course, except for periods when they might not have been able to. However, in my opinion, the trustee should have a plan in these fields, but unfortunately, they think that it is a barracks and the rest of them fall into line like soldiers with orders.

Majidi explained about the obstacles and difficulties of making a religious film: This difficulty is not only from the audit point of view, but also for the type of payment for the work. Making a religious film requires its facilities and conditions, which unfortunately our conditions and cinema do not have this capacity, the Prophet film was first made with the grace of God and then with the individual efforts of friends. If we didn’t work hard at that time, maybe that work would have remained at the level of the script.

In response to the fact that you are a reliable person for creating religious works, he said: No one is safe in this regard, not even the scholars themselves. For example, we see that some scholars have different opinions in a religious debate. This area and this area is not an area where they want to show you a green card from the very beginning because they know you. There are various issues, one of which is the content, the other parts are the art part, how to make an art film, otherwise it will be a slogan film that is useless.

In the end, Majidi said: As long as the cultural macro plan is not clear and the approach is tasteful, the same situation will exist, for example, when a minister wants to gather himself, another minister comes and daily life is more damaging than anything else.