David and Layla is one of the best movies I have ever seen. The movie is an excellent harmony of both tragedy and comedy. As many viewers pointed out after the movie, I think the core issue here is that the movie targets to the most important part of us; our humanity; no matter whether we are Christian, Muslim, or Jewish or no matter what our political stand is... we are all human beings when it comes to love. Therefor, David and Layla reminds me of Nietzche's philosophy and its Dionysian instinct; the battle between being Apollonian (rational) or being Dionysian (irrational). If you are Apollonian you care much about the artificial side of life or of yourself; your religion, your race, your political stand, your party and so on. However if you are Dionysian, you do not care much about these things, by contrast, you can sacrifice them for the sake of love, for example. You can disregard this artificial side of the life or you can make compromise between the two sides (Apollonian and Dionysian) as David and Layla do. I think this is what we badly need nowadays.
