film censorship system

Arielle 2022-04-19 09:02:43

I've always been skeptical about the film's purpose. In addition to reflecting the Iranian society, the director suspects that he also wants to ridicule the Iranian film system.

As soon as the little loli got in the car, the movie became the tone of the rant. The director borrowed Little Loli's mouth like a cannonball to spit out the Iranian film censorship system.

Like other Islamic countries, Iran is very conservative (in fact, Iran is one of the most open countries). China's film censorship pales in comparison to Iran's. What is not allowed to talk about political and economic topics, prohibition of contact between men and women and language ambiguous and so on. The most incredible thing is that the positive characters are not allowed to use Persian as their surname, and cannot wear a tie (a tie is a symbol of the West?), it is better to use the name of the Prophet Muhammad (I finally understand why Muhammad grabbed a hand in the Iranian movie) So Most Iranian films feature harmless family children and the like. Jafar Panahi's films are full of taboos.

So when Little Loli explained the film censorship system, I smiled. It turns out that all the plots in front of the director are to satirize this huge shackle. But maybe because the director is too eager, this film seems to be poor. At the end of the film, he expanded some metaphors and innuendo, and the original dark humor was explained too much, as if he was afraid that the foreign judges would not understand. In this way, the subtle beauty of the movie is lost, and it seems a bit resentful.



But no matter what, we still have to offer a rose to these directors who bravely reflect reality and fight against unreasonableness.

View more about Taxi reviews

Extended Reading
  • Tamara 2022-03-28 09:01:11

    No one can stop people from expressing their opinions. Even if you seal his mouth, he will take other forms to say it. The same goes for movies. In the form of a pseudo-documentary, the director recorded the various conditions of life in the imprisoned society, and made a spicy satire on those outdated dogmas through the mouths of the people in the play. The film is not long, but it makes the audience feel very rich and gives people a glimpse of the reality of Iran.

  • Roxane 2022-03-18 09:01:06

    Panasi, who was once an assistant director of Abbas, was greatly influenced by Abbas. In the play, he took the role of "director" as the first protagonist, and used the form of pseudo-recording to discuss "fiction and reality" all over Abbas' traces. And Panasi's cultural censorship of Iran is even more painful, and he also uses this drama to express his thoughts in his heart. This movie is worthy of support, and it is definitely a typical example of low-cost movies. The most important thing about movies is the concept

Top cast

Taxi quotes

  • Jafar Panahi: Those films are already made, those books are already written. You have to look elsewhere, you have to find it for yourself.

  • Jafar Panahi: I think all movies are worth watching. Depends on your taste.