For the film lovers on the list

[Paul Mackin]

On 3/19/2012 2:57 PM, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
> 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.
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> Laura


I understand. Nothing I found was written from any kind of what you 
could call a left perspective. In fact some explicitly said the film 
wasn't political. I was surprised that no one made the connection to 
Israel/Iran and the breakup some thirty years ago of what in some ways 
had been an ideal "marriage." I haven't seen the movie of course, but 
super strict Islam sounds like the core of problem.



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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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