dirty reality

"Taxi" is a serious film protesting against the Iranian film system. Under the guise of a black comedy and action film, it is wrapped in satirical arrows shot by director Jafar Panahi in a roundabout way. The shooting method of the film seems simple. The structure is extremely delicate, the transitions are smooth, and no traces are left. It seems to be a documentary with no director or performance design from the perspective of a taxi. How to make a movie that can be released? That is to abide by all the dogmas of releasable films, specifically not to do anything that involves political and economic issues, not to do anything that shows "dirty reality", etc. Under the guidance of film dogma, the young director, who is a small passenger and a driver's niece, is very difficult to complete a film that can be released, but to no avail, he has to shoot his uncle (as the director's taxi driver) randomly, trying to make a film The uncle who made the movie answers the essentials. The film is full of protest movie elements: the pirated DVD dealer and his pirated goods, the car camera, the iPhone, the digital camera, and finally the memory stick that the thief smashed into the car to steal. All of these are undercurrents under the law! In the film, there is a legal worker (the director's friend) hugging a rose. She is about to take a taxi to the prison to visit the released prisoners (political prisoners?). The dialogue between the two in the car seems to be the representative of legal persecution and the movie. The dialogue with the representatives of the persecution in the world, the situation and experience told are not unexpectedly the same. Like pirated DVDs, roses are valuable in lighthearted conversations.

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