Iqbal. Two or three things I know about him - ACE421.4

1994. Iqbal. Two or three things I know about him - ACE421.4.

TitleIqbal. Two or three things I know about him - ACE421.4
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In00:15:30
Out00:22:53
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Caption subtitled "But God…" Woman sleeping at her desk. Her VO "the poet who cannot let language go free gives up the existence of ‘the desert bllom’ and dreams himself a home." Illuminated electric signs. Woman’s VO "And Pakistan, Iqbal’s dream, is the eruption of his unconscious into the real. If time is non-linear, then it is dream time." Young men sitting at café table; they watch a young woman walk by. Song: "Oh Lord! Bestow upon the Muslim Such a pulsating desire! Oh Lord!". The young woman talks about a pendant she’s bought, "a carved god". She sings "This azure dome of Heaven…" Young man says to his companion, "I’ve got it. Iqbal is the difference between man and god. God said ‘Be!’ and we got the world. Iqbal said ‘Be!’ and we got Pakistan". A young woman explaining to her friend her idea od a good husband; one young man says to the other that "to renounce sleep means you fear your dreams; a young man and his girlfriend talk about the influence of the West and how they can maintain their own identity. The young people in the car; poster of Iqbal; Iqbal screaming; lights,buildings. VO "Chain of the days and nights A lament of eternity’s music…" The End. Credits.

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