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Letha 2022-03-19 08:01:02
In war I shed blood, in peace I can't walk...
A film about historical truth, a film about memory, this is the one of the highest literary and artistic value among similar films I have ever seen; a film within a play, this is one of the similar films I have ever seen, A film with the highest narrative skills; a group-like segmented film,... -
Reagan 2022-03-19 08:01:02
Thoughts on "Alara Mountain"
1. History accumulates layer by layer. Too many pasts are buried, obscured, forgotten or suspended, and those who are fortunate to be told have various appearances. The more we say, the closer we are to the truth. The history of nation-states and individuals cannot be truly obscured, even if the...
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Wayne 2022-03-19 08:01:02
Igoyan's most Armenian film, confronting the Armenians' most tangled massacre problem, as usual, is a multi-line, multi-character, and even intertwined with the third-generation immigrants' vague desire to find their roots. Contradiction, etc., can be said to be useless, but I don’t know why, but it makes it difficult for audiences such as me and other distant time and space to enter. He expresses completely Armenian views and even calls for Turkey to recognize this film again. ... mobilized Uncle Aznaf, who is native of Armenia, to play a director based on the director of "The Color of Pomegranates", but the most surprising thing is that the singing band System of a Down in the play has all Armenian names. ian ending
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Margarete 2022-03-25 09:01:23
The Armenian Genocide is a play within a play, during the filming of the director, and told by the little assistant male lead. There are three theatrical time and space. [How did Hitler persuade others to join his atrocities? Who remembers the Armenians, he said? 】What do you believe? Believing that the film is not a drug, that there was no massacre, that my father committed suicide, we believe in different things from different angles, who is right and who is wrong?
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Raffi: Were you serious about what you told him?
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What?
Raffi: That you don't think it happened?
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: What, the genocide?
Raffi: Yeah.
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Are you gonna shoot me or something? Look, I never heard about any of this stuff when I was growing up. You know? I did some research for the part. From what I read there were deportations and lots of people died. Armenians and Turks. It was World War I.
Raffi: But Turkey wasn't at war with the Armenians. I mean, just like Germany wasn't at war with the Jews. They were citizens. They were expecting to be protected. That scene you just shot was based on an eyewitness account. Your character Jevdet Bey, the only reason they put him in Van was to carry out the complete extermination of the Armenian population in Van. There were telegrams, there were communicators...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look I'm not saying that something didn't happen.
Raffi: Something...
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: Look, I was born here. So were you right?
Raffi: Yeah.
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: This is a new country. So let's just drop the fucking history and get on with it. Noone's gonna wreck your home. Noone's gonna destroy you family. Hmm? So let's go inside and uncork this thing and celebrate. Hmm?
Raffi: Do you know what Adolf Hitler told his military commanders to convince them that his plan would work? "Who remembers the extermination of the Armenians?"
Ali, actor playing Jevdet Bey: And nobody did. Nobody does.
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Ani: Did you give her my book?
Raffi: This is too weird for me.
Ani: What is weird Raffi?
[pause]
Ani: Smoking pot, or sleeping with you step-sister?
