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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests
Source: Salon.com
By Shaya Tayefe Mohajer, Associated Press
Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests
LOS ANGELES (AP) An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding Tuesday after his movie attacking Islams prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims on U.S. missions in Egypt and Libya, where one American was killed.
Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and that the 56-year-old intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion.
This is a political movie, said Bacile. The U.S. lost a lot of money and a lot of people in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but were fighting with ideas.
Bacile, a California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew, said he believes the movie will help his native land by exposing Islams flaws to the world.
Islam is a cancer, period, he said repeatedly, his solemn voice thickly accented.
<SNIP>The two-hour movie, Innocence of Muslims, cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors, said Bacile, who wrote and directed it.
The film claims Muhammad was a fraud. An English-language 13-minute trailer on YouTube shows an amateur cast performing a wooden dialogue of insults disguised as revelations about Muhammad, whose obedient followers are presented as a cadre of goons.
It depicts Muhammad as a feckless philanderer who approved of child sexual abuse, among other overtly insulting claims that have caused outrage.
Muslims find it offensive to depict Muhammad in any manner, let alone insult the prophet. A Danish newspapers 2005 publication of 12 caricatures of the prophet triggered riots in many Muslim countries.
<SNIP>Though Bacile was apologetic about the American who was killed as a result of the outrage over his film, he blamed lax embassy security and the perpetrators of the violence.
Baciles film was dubbed into Egyptian Arabic by someone he doesnt know, but he speaks enough Arabic to confirm that the translation is accurate. It was made in three months in the summer of 2011, with 59 actors and about 45 people behind the camera.
The full film has been shown once, to a mostly empty theater in Hollywood earlier this year, said Bacile.
Speaking by phone from an undisclosed location, writer and director Sam Bacile remained defiant, saying Islam is a cancer and that the 56-year-old intended his film to be a provocative political statement condemning the religion.
This is a political movie, said Bacile. The U.S. lost a lot of money and a lot of people in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but were fighting with ideas.
Bacile, a California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew, said he believes the movie will help his native land by exposing Islams flaws to the world.
Islam is a cancer, period, he said repeatedly, his solemn voice thickly accented.
<SNIP>The two-hour movie, Innocence of Muslims, cost $5 million to make and was financed with the help of more than 100 Jewish donors, said Bacile, who wrote and directed it.
The film claims Muhammad was a fraud. An English-language 13-minute trailer on YouTube shows an amateur cast performing a wooden dialogue of insults disguised as revelations about Muhammad, whose obedient followers are presented as a cadre of goons.
It depicts Muhammad as a feckless philanderer who approved of child sexual abuse, among other overtly insulting claims that have caused outrage.
Muslims find it offensive to depict Muhammad in any manner, let alone insult the prophet. A Danish newspapers 2005 publication of 12 caricatures of the prophet triggered riots in many Muslim countries.
<SNIP>Though Bacile was apologetic about the American who was killed as a result of the outrage over his film, he blamed lax embassy security and the perpetrators of the violence.
Baciles film was dubbed into Egyptian Arabic by someone he doesnt know, but he speaks enough Arabic to confirm that the translation is accurate. It was made in three months in the summer of 2011, with 59 actors and about 45 people behind the camera.
The full film has been shown once, to a mostly empty theater in Hollywood earlier this year, said Bacile.
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Anti-Islam filmmaker in hiding after protests (Original Post)
Blue Belle
Sep 2012
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lame54
(35,331 posts)1. He should be in hiding after veiwership....
have you seen this POS
it's embarrassing to watch
Ed Wood would want his money back
Blue Belle
(5,912 posts)3. I think he made it...
to instigate a jihad being foisted upon him. If he wants to be compared to Salmon Rushdie he might try to bring some actual skills to the table.
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)2. Wasn't the guy who palyed Mohammad the same guy ...
that was playing Jesus in the outdoor theater company in Bill Maher's Religulous? He sure looked like him.