For the film lovers on the list

[kelber at mindspring.com]

This is typical of the reviews I've read - that, at heart, it's about the failures of the Iranian state.  I'm wondering if there are any reviews that detect a metaphor for the Israel/Iran conflict.

Laura


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>From: Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at verizon.net>
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>This anonymous reviewer in the NYRB saw the film in Teheran, took it 
>seriously--more than a family drama, which it is in part. Was surprised 
>it could be shown in Tehran, where he or she saw it on a visit.
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>http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2011/sep/22/tattered-lives-divided-iran/
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>"The grim irony at the heart of Farhadi’s film is that the angst and 
>perplexity are the fruit of a “sacred” republic of ideals. Here is the 
>signal failure of the ideological state that Ayatollah Khomeini set up 
>thirty-two years ago, promising truth and redemption for all, but whose 
>children are still waiting for these things, trembling and alone."
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>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Paul Mackin<mackin.paul at verizon.net>
>>> Sent: Mar 19, 2012 11:53 AM
>>> To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>> Subject: Re: For the film lovers on the list
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>>> On 3/19/2012 11:17 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:
>>>> JUMP CUT (but association from the Subject line):
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>>>> See A Separation if you have not. Were we talking about
>>>> a knotting into and moral centers?....The moral and character
>>>> subleties---and quotidian surprises---of this movie might cut to
>>>> your bone marrow.
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>>>> Integrity, lies--for a greater good?---moral (and pragmatic) choices
>>>> within an intricately knotted society......priceless............
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>>>   Sounds like a good fit for me.  Also movies with subtitles are greatly
>>> preferred nowadays because of annoying trouble decoding anything but
>>> American English spoken by people over 30.  Significant hearing loss is
>>> a real social handicap. Advice to young'ens--take care of your hearing.
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