A rambling experimental film

Dennis 2022-04-19 09:02:43

The opening of the movie is the road scene of the front camera. Start quietly. Daily life in Iran.

The rhythm of the whole article is not slow, it should be the skill of editing. Except for the two scenes where the director got off the car, which is a bit inexplicable, the rest is basically smooth and there is no dull feeling. It feels faster than the rhythm of ordinary literary films.

I didn't use a lot of background music, and basically relied on natural sounds. Even the sound of the windows up and down and the door locks could be heard clearly. There are only a few places without dialogue when I think of music, the music is very exotic, it should be from Iran, but I think it is very similar to Greece or Turkey... - - Anyway, it is more European... Oh yes, when it comes to this music, The highest frequency music in the whole article should be the director's iPhone ringtone :) Also, this may be the first movie I've watched without an ending song.

Now let me go back to the plot...it's a bit long...it can be skipped...

the two people that the director loaded at the beginning, a robber and a teacher, quarreled about the death penalty (oh yes, I found the Persian and French is a bit like eh, but their code length is too long, I read every line of Cantonese and line of English letters and they haven't finished speaking...and it's going to take a long time...). In fact, it's a bit of an ethical problem to show people's faces to the world without the consent of the robbers, but as a matter of fact, there are all kinds of casually filmed videos on youtube and youku, and the director is just a little well-known. It is estimated that this film will not be released in Iran... Various screening systems, all kinds of ugly and dirty realism... The robber was asked about his occupation when he was in the car, but he did not reveal his identity until he got out of the car.

Then a CD seller was loaded, and he recognized the director, so the director took off the hat that disguised himself. Then suddenly a man covered in blood got in the car, and his wife. I took a video with the director's mobile phone and made a will. Later, the woman came to ask for a will again and again.
Then I picked up two superstitious women. They were older and bigger. They said that if they didn't release the fish to Aliquan at 12 noon, they would die... The director dutifully maintained a neutral position, and then slowly guided them. Tell the story of the fish, and even break the fish tank at the brakes... (Haha, I said nonsense, the fish tank and the lost wallet may be a coincidence, but why did the fish tank not scratch them! Why did I wash a cup yesterday and my thumb bleeds! )

Then the director went to pick up his little niece! It's so cute~ It's babbling, I think with the director's ability to see people, you will definitely know that this little girl who babbles and loves to make movies (smart and studious female student) will give his movies a lot of extra points ~ Sure enough, from the beginning to the end, every sentence is wonderful, I can believe it is the female lead... And the elementary school students in Iran are so amazing that they have to learn to make movies in elementary school. Filmmaking and the current state of the film industry.
Then the director took Little Loli to meet his old neighbor, who was wearing a neat suit and had an Iranian name (instead of wearing a hijab, with an Islamic name) and was beaten, but he knew that the one who beat him was someone he knew A couple who were thieves, he couldn't bear to report them, because he saw the news that the people who committed these things were hanged, and he couldn't bear it. At this time, the orange juice he ordered came, and after delivering it, he told the director that the person who made the orange juice was the thief. The director hurriedly turned the camera around and only the back was captured. The director regretted saying that you should have told me earlier I wanted to see what the thief looked like (enough...you have exposed a robber, have you forgotten...) Then the old neighbor said, just like a normal person Same. Are you telling me this isn't a movie? ! ! ! Isn't this making a movie? ! ! ! Such a perfect script... oh my god...

Then the little loli came back and also mentioned the person who bought orange juice, echoing it. And then the director got out of the car inexplicably and said that he heard someone calling him who he was looking for... Anyway, I didn't hear it... Then in the process of getting off the car, it was a stroke of genius! ! ! Because just now, Little Loli told the director that the teacher said that their requirement to make short films is also a requirement for the public screening of Iranian films (and we all know who the director is...), saying that there can be no dirty reality in it. Then the little loli wants to shoot, so she can shoot if she has nothing to do. Then I took other people's wedding photos. It was very sincere, kind and beautiful, but the middle groom transferred 50 yuan and was picked up by a little boy who was picking up garbage. She filmed him, then she called him over, told him that your actions ruined my movie, and then persuaded the little boy to go back When I went back, it was put back on the ground far away. Of course, the groom would not come to pick it up, but the little boy tried several times and failed to return it to the groom who was busy taking wedding photos. At this time, the little girl saw that the director was back, so she stopped filming, rolled up the car window, and looked melancholy. The director who returned at this time, Xiaoxiao, took a look at his acting skills and asked him why he was so disappointed. The little girl didn't say anything. The director just wants to be the host and dig out the real thoughts of as many passengers as possible, because he can go home and watch what happened! ! Uncle, you do something bad...

and then they met a lawyer friend of his on the road, holding a very beautiful rose. Said to see a hunger striker. I'm really sorry, the bitch next to me may have been impatient when I saw this. I was just leaning on my boyfriend's arms. It doesn't matter if I just pull my hands and touch me. At this point, she began to turn her head and gnaw at his boyfriend! The pro's voice was very loud... Then he started talking... I was very nervous, I didn't listen to this paragraph... It was probably because a person was on a hunger strike and then others tricked him into writing a statement that he was not on a hunger strike... After that, the lawyer friend and the director cared about each other. , they should all belong to more advanced people, lawyers are also on the verge of suspension, not to mention the director himself... By the way, when the lawyer came, the little girl took the initiative to take the back seat, and then found a handbag that had been dropped by someone else. It should have been the two superstitious old women who came out in the morning, and then they were about to go back to deliver their wallets, leaving the lawyer behind. (It's just interlocking...but I think it can be done well even without these moth directors, and there are always some magical things in life~)

Back at Aliquan, the director got out of the car first to see if the two women were there. Then he pointed the camera at the car window, and the two got out of the car together to return the wallet. At this time,,, a thief came, smashed the car window from the side and reached in to steal something, the camera was facing the front, so it couldn't take pictures, and I saw the camera, and shouted that the camera has no memory stick, and after reaching into the car After that, the pictures are all black, only the sound, and then... the movie is over! ! ! Isn't it really a car that hired someone to smash! Really unplug the camera what to do! Director, you are shooting for nothing! If such a smart little loli is discovered for the first time and the second time, she can only rely on acting! Did the director park there to lure others into stealing the car? Why is the ending so amazing! Violence is over! Echoing the ugly realism again...

the director thanked everyone, then said there was no cast. He also said that films released in Iran must check the cast. And then it's really over, there's no ending song...=. =


I feel that each paragraph is a stroke of genius, and discusses a lot of things. The director should want to be the host, and he will not express his position if he can. I don't know why several places are directly related to movies. Is Iran so literary? Children have to learn to make movies when they go to school... Actually, such random plots can also be connected with each other, which echoes in many places.

There should be no script because it's free to carry people. Everyone is 100% real. Experimental film. Although the director can watch people before loading and editing, but many times the people who get on the bus are slapping the window or begging to get on, and I feel that the director is not deliberately picking people with stories. And this kind of emergency boarding itself can well pull the rhythm of film reviews. It may have felt that every passenger is just a passerby passing by in a hurry, and the film will be very dull, but in the film, it seems that everyone's story is vividly displayed in you. The same as before, it has become one wonderful little story after another. Of course, such a film is wonderful~ In short, it's amazing! ! ! But I still can't believe that all this is accidental, because I'm used to it, and I can't believe that this random day can do so many echoes and express the director's meaning to such a large extent. There is even such a magical ending at the end! !

And the director himself! smile! So kind! ! ! ! I found that people who are more fighters and sharper are actually very kind and kind people in reality. On the contrary, those who show a fierce face, lose their temper and gossip are generally uneducated. . . . . . So it is said that there is poetry and literature in the belly?

Anyway, I have already become a fan of this director~~~

I laughed in several places when I watched the movie. In fact, the self-mockery that appeared in many places in the movie is also a kind of helplessness. This film really couldn't be more real, and it fits the ugly realism that appears many times in the film. I know that some people must compare this with China, for example, thinking of the recent tomb robbery notes that they have to hand over things to the state. But in fact these films themselves are not allowed to be shown in Iran.

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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.

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

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