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...film makers, among them Taran Davies ’93, were awarded the unusual permission by the authorities in Saudi Arabia, the “protectors of Mecca and Medina”, to shoot the scenes of the Hajj. They do not disappoint. There are spectacular scenes all presented in the vast screen panorama of IMAX. Some are very striking taken from air, showing the immense multitude that has congregated in their white garb – a reference to their attire on the Day of Judgment – circumambulating the sacred Ka’aba, the black cube...
...Taran Davies who evidently initiated the production, along with his partner Dominic Cunningham-Reid of Cosmic Picture, is an intrepid film-maker. His first film Around the Sacred Sea tells the story of a five month expedition on horseback around Lake Baikal in Siberia with a group of his Harvard friends taken soon after graduation. Since then he has become an expert on Central Asia and Islam...
...Watching “Journey to Mecca,” however, one question does present itself, to which the film never provides an answer: what is this film doing on an IMAX screen? Executive producer Taran Davies ’93, promoting the film, claimed that the camel caravan used to transport crew and equipment through the desert was the largest to pass through that region. [SEE CORRECTIONS BELOW] But you’d never know it. Most of the shots in “Journey to Mecca” are dialogue shots—closed...
...arts review "Journey to Mecca" incorrectly identified Taran Davies '93 as the executive producer of the film reviewed. In fact, Davies was one of the film's producers...
...wondrous bestiary tended by young Taran and his winsome would-be princess Eilonwy. The menagerie includes Hen Wen, the clairvoyant pig, whose bottom is rounder and wigglier than Madonna's; Gurgi, whose species is unknown, but who is definitely cute, cuddly and comical; the Fairfolk, minuscule fairy creatures who come and go in clouds of Disneydust; and the three witches, who are more funny than frightening. Leading the forces of evil is the Horned King. His body is skeletal, his voice sepulchral, and his eyes glow red like coals. His aide-de-camp is a little green horror known appropriately...