Cairo Station (1958)

[NeilZ]

I'd never heard of this director, or the movie, and didn't even know Egyptian cinema was a thing. I watched this streamed on the Criterion channel cause wasn't sure I'd be happy buying a movie this blindly, but I was totally blown away.

The man was way ahead of his time on so many levels it's really shocking. It's got elements of Fellini, Clouzot, and Hitchcock all blended into an Egyptian setting, from an ambitious director who was clearly aiming big and succeeds.

Definitely will pick up the release when it comes and I hope they put out more of this man's work. Meanwhile a number of his other movies are up on the channel too.

I wonder if the streamed version is the 4K restoration coming to blu ray. It looked very good so I assume it probably is.