{"id":10103,"date":"2010-05-22T07:27:10","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T11:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=10103"},"modified":"2021-03-09T19:19:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T00:19:50","slug":"binoche-and-kiarostami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=10103","title":{"rendered":"Binoche and Kiarostami"},"content":{"rendered":"

Great interview from Cannes with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami <\/a>about his latest film, Certified Copy<\/i>, starring, among others, Juliette Binoche.<\/p>\n

I loved this part:<\/p>\n

My next film is going to be a road movie too. In my film \u0080Ten on 10 I explain why I have these driving scenes. I feel good in a car. And the car is one of the locations where you feel the least the presence of a camera. Spielberg’\u0080\u0099s Duel is one of the most memorable films for me \u00e2\u0080\u0094 it may remind of Hitchcock but I like it even more than Hitchcock\u00e2\u0080\u0099s films. If you locked me in a car with a camera, and maybe an actor too, I wouldn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t protest. I would promise not to come out of the car. So who knows \u00e2\u0080\u0094 if I go back to Iran and get into trouble that\u00e2\u0080\u0099s what I can suggest to them: Don\u00e2\u0080\u0099t put me in a cell, put me in a car.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Kiarostami is still based in Iran, although he knows his films never stand a chance on passing the censors there. He has been a huge vocal supporter of Jafar Panahi, calling for Iran to release him.<\/p>\n

Update on that front: Panahi is still on hunger strike, but apparently he was allowed to see his wife on Thursday, and there is going to be a bail hearing today. Things are actually looking up. I cannot imagine that the international attention his imprisonment has received is not a factor. Still a frightening situation, but there are glimmers of hope right now for Mr. Panahi – at least getting released on bail. More information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another update<\/b>: Not too much new information here<\/a>, except for the opening paragraphs:<\/p>\n

Tehran’s prosecutor general has asked the Islamic revolutionary court to reconsider the continued detention of the celebrated Iranian film-maker, Jafar Panahi, raising hopes that he may quickly be freed.<\/p>\n

A high-profile international campaign calling for Panahi’s release has drawn the support of leading figures in the arts and politics. According to some reports a bail hearing could take place as early as this weekend and could free Panahi until his trial.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We’re all watching.<\/p>\n

And thank you, Bruce, for reminding me of another imprisoned Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Nourizad, who was imprisoned last December, and was sentenced in April to over 3 years of prison and 50 lashes, for writing critical letters to the new government. Because the new government is so unbelievably sensitive that they can’t bear critiques. Oh boo-hoo mullahs. Nourizad was beaten so badly<\/a> that his eyes were injured, perhaps permanently. He is also on hunger strike, with others, including Panahi.<\/p>\n

Panahi is the symbol. The international star.<\/p>\n

The one whose chair was left empty for him at Cannes.<\/p>\n

But there are others. Many many others. Let us hold out hope for them as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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