The Prophet
£10 / £8 concessions / £7 ICA Members
For many folk of a certain age, the Lebanese/American poet Kahlil Gibran’s thoughts on how to live a better and contented life were the primer that shepherded them through the late ‘sixties, and the book that contained them, The Prophet, has now been wrought in film form by documentary maker, Gary Tarn. Using a technique he employed so effectively in 2006’s Black Sun, Tarn uses imagery appropriate to the received narrative of his subject’s voice, in this case Gibran’s original text, sensitively articulated here by Thandie Newton. It’s a gentle, indeed poetic film moving at a near mesmeric pace that will reward those seeking some respite from the more incendiary fare seen onscreen, and indeed in the rest of the world, these days.
Dir. Gary Tarn, narrated by Thandie Newton, UK 2011, 75 mins.
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