“To put that scenario in its proper context, compare the regime’s blackout of Mr. Panahi’s films in Iran to the klieg-lit response of the outside film world:”

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1. george says:

   May 23, 2010 at 11:27 am

   I have yet to see any of Panahi’s movies but the way you describe him, his methods (ordinary people instead of actors, studies of types of character) – he sounds a lot like Robert Bresson – but not just in style or methods. They both aim their sights on the human condition and the attendant inhumanities that often make life almost unbearable – though Panahi’s subjects, women in an Islamic state and their status, not as half the human race but more a half human race, is, by several magnitudes harder to take/watch.

   I hesitate to make a political point/appeal, but I wish all the putzes striking brave poses on behalf of Polanski would take up a fight and a cause worthier (not that some haven’t) – Panahi’s freedom. The plight of women in Islamic states, as portrayed in The Circle will take a good deal more unfortunately.

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2. george says:

   May 23, 2010 at 11:41 am

   Right Comment – Wrong Post. Dork at work.

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