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Taxi - Aspects of Iranian Society
Lynn 2022-04-19 09:02:43
Accidentally, I saw the general type of this movie. Director Jafar Panasi himself drove a yellow taxi on the streets of Tehran, taking various passengers and recording life. I watched the traditional subtitles translated from Hong Kong. Fortunately, I have also watched a lot of Cantonese versions of Hong Kong films, and there is basically no problem in understanding them. I thought the movie would be a little more bland. No, the amount of information is surprisingly large. 1. "We are the country with the most death row prisoners except China." 2. "These movies will not be shown in theaters, and young people will not be able to see these movies without us buying CDs." Kim Kidd and Woody Allen of the United States. 4. Relevant remarks of free lawyers, hunger strike, film ban, censorship, Islam. 5. Robbery, pick-pocketing, and killing. 6. The niece, Anna, is very cute. This part is very lighthearted and funny. Of course, to understand this, you need to have a little understanding of Iran and Islam.
Extended Reading
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Daphney 2022-01-18 08:01:46
Jaffa Panasi, who is still under official Iranian ban, acts as a taxi driver this time, borrowing a dash cam and niece’s DV to complete a movie, blurring the boundaries between reality and fictional images, with a humorous and peaceful mentality. Rebelling against the government's ban and expressing love for movies is an ingenuity. The mobile taxi reflects the state of Iran’s society. The video taken by the little niece is very interesting. Reality is reality and cannot be concealed.
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Delpha 2022-03-27 09:01:18
A stagnant society, a mobile theater, Iranian life in a taxi.
Top cast
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Nasrin Sotoudeh: They work in a way that let us to know they are watching us.Their tactics are obvious.First, they write you up a police record. Suddenly, you are accused of being an agent for Mossad, The CIA, or MI6. Then they tack on something about your morals, your lifestyle. They make your life into a prison.Although you are released from prison, but the outside world is only a bigger prison.They make your nearest friends into your worst enemies.After that you think all you can do is either leave the country or pray to return to that hole. So i think it's better to let it go.
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Jafar Panahi: Those films are already made, those books are already written. You have to look elsewhere, you have to find it for yourself.