Taxi Reviews

Guy 2022-01-18 08:01:46

This film is a pseudo-documentary (docudrama), in the form of a documentary, with the real identity of the director, the filming is realistic and real, expressing the theme. The shooting technique is very proficient, using techniques as much as possible to present the reality, while at the same...

Trycia 2022-01-18 08:01:46

"Taxi Life" تاکسی / Taxi (2015)

The Iranian director Jaffa Panahi was arrested and tried by the Iranian authorities in 2010 for political reasons and was banned from filming for 20 years. After that, he still used various methods to overcome difficulties and smuggled new works for foreign...

Alia 2022-01-18 08:01:46

Robbers talk to teachers about morals; women in car accidents want to lightly hurt her husband’s suicide note; dwarves who sell pirated CDs to “contribute to film dissemination”; students who read movie novels but still don’t know how to choose topics for short films; insist on being absent Elderly...

Creola 2022-01-18 08:01:46

This "Taxi" (Hong Kong translation of "Iranian Taxi Laughing and Watching Life") was screened at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in March. Because of my limited English, I gave up that issue. Unexpectedly, the translated version was introduced at the end of May, so I did not hesitate...

Louvenia 2022-01-18 08:01:46

The first work I came into contact with Jaffa Panasi was "Circle of Life" in 2000, and "This Is Not a Movie" and "Closing" after being blocked by the Iranian government. The previous one was about seven women in a day. The sad story, the last two are Jaffa’s own life in confinement. In "Circle of...

Elroy 2022-01-18 08:01:46

Jaffa has been imprisoned and banned. Finally, after many years, I brought "Taxi" to meet the public again. "Taxi", as Jafar's reappearance to the world after being oppressed, has not compromised. This is also in line with Jaffa's personal style, otherwise he would not be treated like this by the...

Crystal 2022-01-18 08:01:46

Little girl: What does it mean to spread dark thoughts?

Director: It's what you wrote in your notebook.

Krystina 2022-01-18 08:01:46

I don’t know when it started. I have lost the concept of political struggles at the artistic level. I don’t know whether the news is less or more. I always feel that everything is in harmony and order. conduct. Especially for movies, in addition to a few nonchalant directors, they also made a few...

Syble 2022-01-18 08:01:46

Panasi's third work during the auction ban is also the most entertaining and popular one to date, and it successfully won the 2015 Berlin Golden Bear Award. Maybe the director finally figured out and broke the psychological barrier, just like the mysterious woman who opened the curtains in "The...

Adolphus 2022-01-18 08:01:46

He was sentenced for making a movie, but Iranian director Jaffa Panasi never put down the camera to stop creating.       The pseudo-documentary "Taxi" has no ups and downs, and even the scenes and shots are very single, but it is thought-provoking after watching it. On the streets of Tehran, a...