Leonardo DiCaprio will ruin a Rumi movie — and not just because he’s a white guy

[HAIDER]

As a public figure, Rumi has nearly 1.8 million followers on Facebook. His fans include Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of “The Alchemist,” and Rumi himself has achieved bestseller status in the U.S., selling millions of books after they hit the American market earlier this decade. Not bad for a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar who died in 13th-century Persia. His current popularity may have something to do with the aptness of his oeuvre for being quoted in uplifting memes. “What you seek is seeking you.” “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

Given Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī’s newfound marketability combined with the New-Age timeliness of his message, a biopic was perhaps inevitable. Now one is in the works. It is being written by David Franzoni, the screenwriter responsible for “Gladiator,” 2000, a historical epic best remembered for Russell Crowe’s irony-free performance as The Spaniard/General Maximus Decimus Meridius. To play Rumi’s mentor, Shams of Tabriz, Franzoni revealed that he hopes to sign Robert Downey Junior. To play Rumi, his first choice is Leonardo DiCaprio.

So. In the garden of Franzoni’s mind, Iron Man would play spiritual advisor to the Revenant, his acolyte and also possibly “lover and beloved [or] disciple and sheikh, it’s never clear”–and this would not be a meta-spoof of “Satan’s Alley”? Aghast, Twitter had a meltdown, mincing no words under the punctuation-free hashtag,
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/09/leo...i_movie_and_not_just_because_hes_a_white_guy/

 

[xenon54 out]

Not bad for a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar who died in 13th-century Persia.

Rumi died in Konya which is pretty much central Anatolia, he was Persian but lived most of his life in Sultanate of Rum aka Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and died there.

 

[war&peace]

As a public figure, Rumi has nearly 1.8 million followers on Facebook. His fans include Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of “The Alchemist,” and Rumi himself has achieved bestseller status in the U.S., selling millions of books after they hit the American market earlier this decade. Not bad for a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar who died in 13th-century Persia. His current popularity may have something to do with the aptness of his oeuvre for being quoted in uplifting memes. “What you seek is seeking you.” “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

Given Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī’s newfound marketability combined with the New-Age timeliness of his message, a biopic was perhaps inevitable. Now one is in the works. It is being written by David Franzoni, the screenwriter responsible for “Gladiator,” 2000, a historical epic best remembered for Russell Crowe’s irony-free performance as The Spaniard/General Maximus Decimus Meridius. To play Rumi’s mentor, Shams of Tabriz, Franzoni revealed that he hopes to sign Robert Downey Junior. To play Rumi, his first choice is Leonardo DiCaprio.

So. In the garden of Franzoni’s mind, Iron Man would play spiritual advisor to the Revenant, his acolyte and also possibly “lover and beloved [or] disciple and sheikh, it’s never clear”–and this would not be a meta-spoof of “Satan’s Alley”? Aghast, Twitter had a meltdown, mincing no words under the punctuation-free hashtag,
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/09/leo...i_movie_and_not_just_because_hes_a_white_guy/

Really since when he died in 13th century Persia. What a historical and geographical lie, he died in Konya, Turkey and that's why his shrine is there and that's the only shrine of a Sufi where you have to buy a ticket to visit . How can I forget that.

 

[HAIDER]

Really since when died in 13th century Persia. What a historical and geographical disinformation, he died in Konya, Turkey and that's why his shrine is there and that's the only shrine of a Sufi where you have to buy a ticket to visit . How can I forget that.

lol...imagine , movie magazine editors knowledge

 

[xenon54 out]

Really since when he died in 13th century Persia. What a historical and geographical lie, he died in Konya, Turkey and that's why his shrine is there and that's the only shrine of a Sufi where you have to buy a ticket to visit . How can I forget that.

He even has a Facebook page with 1.8 million followers and you complain about a museum ticket?

 

[war&peace]

lol...imagine , movie magazine editors knowledge

I hope the author of the movie David Franzoni is able to do justice. I loved gladiator.

 

[HAIDER]

I hope the author the movie David Franzoni is able to do justice. I loved gladiator.

I am waiting for this movie...Let's see..

 

[war&peace]

He even has a Facebook page with 1.8 million followers and you complain about a museum ticket?

It is because most of the shrines of sufis in Pakistan are free to visit for everyone...though you can donate and people do donate but that's not mandatory so when I had to pay the ticket for entering and I did not had Liras with me so my Turkish friend and host paid and I had hard time making her accept the money later on...Turkish people are really very hospitable and generous but this fee on the shrine is not inline with it

 

[xenon54 out]

It is because most of the shrines of sufis in Pakistan are free to visit for everyone...though you can donate and people do donate but that's not mandatory so when I had to pay the ticket for entering and I did not had Liras with me so my Turkish friend and host paid and I had hard time making her accept the money later on...Turkish people are really very hospitable and generous but this fee on the shrine is not inline with it

Well you gotta cover the expenses somehow, the ministry thats responsible for historical stuff has all its hands full, wherever you dig in Turkey you find something historical from the last 12'000 years.

 

[war&peace]

Well you gotta cover the expenses somehow, the ministry thats responsible for historical stuff has all its hands full, wherever you dig in Turkey you find something historical from the lsst 12'000 years.

Believe me donations pay more than sufficiently for all the expenses on the shrines in Pakistan at least. People pay much more than any fee and also distribute food and sweets among visitors...If one is hungary and does not have means to earn...that's the place to go..a tip to remember if you visit Pakistan

 

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As a public figure, Rumi has nearly 1.8 million followers on Facebook. His fans include Paulo Coelho, bestselling author of “The Alchemist,” and Rumi himself has achieved bestseller status in the U.S., selling millions of books after they hit the American market earlier this decade. Not bad for a Sufi mystic, poet, and scholar who died in 13th-century Persia. His current popularity may have something to do with the aptness of his oeuvre for being quoted in uplifting memes. “What you seek is seeking you.” “The garden of the world has no limits, except in your mind.” “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”

Given Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī’s newfound marketability combined with the New-Age timeliness of his message, a biopic was perhaps inevitable. Now one is in the works. It is being written by David Franzoni, the screenwriter responsible for “Gladiator,” 2000, a historical epic best remembered for Russell Crowe’s irony-free performance as The Spaniard/General Maximus Decimus Meridius. To play Rumi’s mentor, Shams of Tabriz, Franzoni revealed that he hopes to sign Robert Downey Junior. To play Rumi, his first choice is Leonardo DiCaprio.

So. In the garden of Franzoni’s mind, Iron Man would play spiritual advisor to the Revenant, his acolyte and also possibly “lover and beloved [or] disciple and sheikh, it’s never clear”–and this would not be a meta-spoof of “Satan’s Alley”? Aghast, Twitter had a meltdown, mincing no words under the punctuation-free hashtag,
http://www.salon.com/2016/06/09/leo...i_movie_and_not_just_because_hes_a_white_guy/

Salon.com

 

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