'I want to mirror the past for it not to happen in the future'
- Ahmad Bahrami on The Wastetown and making films in Iran https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-01-12-ahmad-bahrami-on-the-wastetown-and-making-films-in-iran-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson #TheWastetown #PÖFF26 #IranianFilm #film #Iran

A SEPARATION (2011): Powerful, gripping Iranian drama of a family crisis unfolding in the midst of another family crisis, a divorce. Its universal praise upon release- and Oscar- well earned. Most impressive was how Farhadi was able to leave so many characters in the gray zone and yet maintain your sympathy for them all around. On #CriterionChannel. #iranianfilm

I finally had the chance to watch the film CLOSE-UP (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990).

I remember having my mind blown when I found out David Simon cast a corrupt city councilman, fresh out of prison, to play himself and dramatize his corruption in TREMÉ. Well, imagine a movie where the entire cast is playing themselves like that.

Here's a video essay on the film → https://youtu.be/inIdjAKZUnw

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