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Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

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Critics Reviews

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Rob Humanick Slant Magazine 10/11/2006
2.5/4
Employs a scavenger-like approach in cataloguing the outreaching experiences of an extraordinary life. Go to Full Review Ed Halter Village Voice 10/11/2006
Though Out of Place uses quotations from Said's writings to frame its chapters, the result is less a picture of Said himself than of the environments that shaped him. Go to Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times 10/11/2006
3/5
Two documentaries about the Palestinian writer and thinker Edward Said explore his life, his chronic alienation and his sympathy for the Palestinian cause. Go to Full Review David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 10/18/2009
1/4
...a hopelessly unfocused and undeniably aimless piece of work... Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/19/2007 It was a relief that Said's friends and colleagues at the showing panel bemoaned the length and speculated that Said himself would have been unhappy with the film. I'm not such a cinema ignoramus after all. See more 05/23/2007 Seriously disappointing. Has more to do with the Middle East than E. Said himself. See more Read all reviews
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Makoto Satô

Director

Daniel Barenboim

Actor

Noam Chomsky

Actor

Elias Khoury

Actor

Marian Said

Actor

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Director
Makoto Satô