Paradoxes (Mufaraqat)
Meqdad Al-Kout | Kuwait | 2008
24 min

Independent Kuwaiti filmmaker Meqdad Al-Kout’s Paradoxes (Mufaraqat) is a strangely amusing short film about four individuals who live a seemingly normal existence but suffer from the same urban ailments. As a construct of its director, Paradoxes is unorthodox and postmodern. During its self-aware opening credits we hear the narrator talk to another person (offscreen) and say “Skip the opening credits, I don’t think its necessary.” This reflects both the apathy of filmaker and his subjects, who between the four of them offer a crossfunctional and diverse set of people and whose lives we follow, albiet briefly. continue reading »»