In the world of art, luck plays a first role, and effort and talent come second. Just as a singer spends his life becoming famous through one song, similarly, film directors may be closed off from the network after one film that achieved good revenues and supportive critical attitudes, so his family lived in front of and behind the camera in the bliss of success throughout their lives and for a long period after their departure.
The most prominent of these and the most expressive of this idea is the creative screenwriter and director Shadi Abdel Salam, who completed one feature film in his life entitled: The Mummy, but it has always been considered one of the most important Arab films throughout the life of cinema, and this reputation has prevented anyone from approaching or trying to confront it. To produce the script that Shadi left before his death and did not photograph with the title: Akhenaten, out of caution and respect, to prevent any shortcomings that might affect the implementation, which would lead to adverse results, and the decision was to publish the script printed in a book in order to preserve its material as its owner left it.
Another stark example who left us a few days ago at the age of 80 is the screenwriter and director Mounir Rady – brother of the singer Afaf Rady – who directed only 3 feature films: an Indian film, The Visit of Mr. President, and the third he filmed in 1989: Days of Rage – Nour El Sherif, Yousra, Elham Shaheen. , Najah Al-Muji, and Saeed Abdel-Ghani – which was a very positive cinematic surprise that everyone applauded, and the critics unanimously agreed that it and: The Wife of an Important Man, by Muhammad Khan, are among the most wonderful and popular dramatic works.
Shadi left, but what remained was: the mummy, an image of him and him indicating his creativity. Mounir left, leaving behind a good trace of him: Days of Rage, indicating him, representing him, and telling his distinguished cinematic biography. This also applies to those who made dozens of films, but only a few specific films remained speaking in their names, as if what was left of their souls was pulsating with life, or even with immortality, so to speak.
Perhaps luck actually played the primary role, or it is the creative mood that is more alert at certain times than at other times, but in all cases the elements of brilliance may come together for one work rather than another, and the creator exploits them and leads them to brilliance, and they lead him to the most wonderful states of manifestation according to most professional opinions and standards.
