I first saw Mulholland Drive with my friend Rana in her tiny Tokyo apartment. The film ended at midnight and by the time we grew tired of analyzing its many twists and turns, we realized daylight had already crept in through her curtains.
My friends and business partners have been egging me on to update my portfolio and website, and today Samsam reminded me that I owe my copywriter Hala a bio outline.
On a sunny day in Tokyo, whatever the season, a strange phenomenon can regularly be observed: for a moment a streak of light will pierce into a street which has been shrouded all day in the shadows of densely-packed buildings.
When Psycho was released in 1960, it was criticized for twisting and bending the conventions of the preceding decades of cinema completely out of shape. Then bit by bit it was revealed that director Alfred Hitchcock was correct at every bend.
is a writer/director born in Beirut, raised in London, educated in Tokyo, and residing in Los Angeles. His work explores questions of identity in an ever-shifting global landscape, and he’s specifically interested in characters outside predefined social or political groups.
