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“Nothing can prevent me from making films.” — Jafar Panahi
It’s his birthday today. Jafar Panahi should need no introduction, but just in case… Jafar Panahi is an Iranian director with an international reputation, and a daunting list of films, many of which were made under terrible conditions (The White … Continue reading
Posted in Directors, Movies, On This Day
Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Iran, Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, Offside
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The boy in the green bandana
In Jafar Panahi’s entertaining yet pointedly critical film Offside, about five or six girls who dress up as boys in order to enter the Tehran soccer stadium for the World Cup qualifying match between Iran and Bahrain (filmed in 2005 … Continue reading
100 Day Movie Challenge: Day 2
100 movies that had an impact on me. Day 2 Offside (2007; dir. Jafar Panahi)
Finally.
I hope this news makes Jafar Panahi smile in vindication. Wherever he is. Disobeying his house arrest and making another illegal movie, hopefully. It’s about time, you neanderthals. If you haven’t seen Panahi’s film Offside (my review here), which features … Continue reading
Snapshots
— I am re-reading Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics). Just saw the movie tonight. It opens March 11th. Review to come next week. I shouldn’t say I am re-reading Jane Eyre. I am re-LIVING Jane Eyre. — My cat Hope has … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Personal
Tagged friends, Hope, Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, Jane Eyre, Offside, snapshots
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A Call For Fairness: Jafar Panahi’s Offside (by Alli)
Alli has been reading my site since almost the very beginning, eight years ago, and this is her entry in the Iranian Film Blogathon. When I put up a post about the letter Jafar Panahi got out to the Berlinale, … Continue reading
Free Jafar Panahi
News not looking good on the Jafar Panahi front. He was arrested on March 1, and has been in prison ever since. His wife has been quite vocal about his heart condition, and also that she has been denied access … Continue reading
Offside at BAM; Dir. Jafar Panahi
Last night I met my friend Felicia at BAM to see Offside, directed by incarcerated Iranian director (there hasn’t been word of him in a couple of weeks). It is part of their Muslim Voices: The Female Perspective. I have … Continue reading
Snapshots
— Sometimes I look up from what I am doing and I see Hope across the room staring at me, and there is a look of such coiled contempt in her eyes that I want to run fleeing into the … Continue reading
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Tagged family, Hope, Iran, Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, Jeremy Renner, Mulholland Drive, Offside, Rebecca West, Ron Chernow, snapshots
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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi arrested
Sad news (and, sadly, not surprising): Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been arrested in Iran, along with his wife and daughter. The arrest went down at his home in Tehran, where he was hosting a dinner party (and all of … Continue reading