As a serious themed work showing the reality of Iranian society, the director did not fall into heavy and preaching clichés. He lifted weights lightly. In the bursts of laughter from the relaxed and humorous audience, he used ordinary people from all walks of life to serve us. Put together a vivid social photo map.
After all, we couldn't escape from reality. After all the ease, the director left us with a sharp and unexpected black ending. This is why, in order to avoid unnecessary danger for this "illegal" filming, all the filmmakers except the director himself did not appear on the credit list.
"Taxi", written and directed and performed by Johua Banashi, reveals the hypocritical, dark but realistic side of Iranian society. The passengers picked up by taxis reveal the weird and well-known phenomenon in society that is deliberately hidden. However, it is an era of advanced globalization of information. No matter how the Iranian government conceals the dirty reality, no matter how tightly blocked media information is, young people can still access the free countries of the West on the Internet, and the idea of true democracy will still be spread. Enter Iran. The so-called "avoidance is inevitable", this is the reason.
In the Iranian society blocked by the media, the activities of buying and selling movie discs need to be carried out in taxis. It turns out that in a closed country, the buying and selling of discs is like a drug trade. It is a crime. You cannot "see the light", let alone "see the light". Show up". Because from the perspective of the Iranian government, American and European movies contain democratic and free Western ideas, which will have a serious impact on the Iranian people, making them hate Iran, where there is no freedom of speech, and love the right to breathe "free air." The local government puts forward the request for the enjoyment of basic human rights, and the government's authority is challenged. With the help of Western democrats, the regime may collapse. Therefore, in order to ensure the stability and security of its own regime, the Iranian government had no choice but to suppress Western thoughts, abuse the law, and disrespect the spirit of the rule of law. "Taxi" clearly revealed the embarrassment and embarrassment of the Iranian government. The ugliness, its becoming a banned film in an authoritarian country, is definitely expected.
The Iranian government lacks self-confidence and is always worried that its regime will fall in the near future, so it regards dirty realism as a "scourge." In fact, every country has a dark side. If the media only discloses the positive image of the country, the audience may feel that the media is hypocritical and has the disadvantages of hiding evil and promoting good; on the contrary, the media balances the two extremes of brightness and darkness. On the contrary, the audience will admire the media’s upright "noble character". Therefore, the emergence of "Taxi" reminds those in power: Suppressing freedom not only prevents freedom from disappearing, but also stimulates the people of the entire country to increasingly desire to breathe the air of freedom and truly enjoy the human rights and democracy that comes with it.
