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"Adnkronos, an Italian press agency that specializes in English-language news from the Arab world, is reporting today that Persepolis creator/co-director Marjane Satrapi and her fellow Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (probably best known here for his 2001 film Kandahar) “presented a document to Green Party MPs in the European parliament claiming to show that defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had received over 19 million votes in the weekend election.” The document, purportedly from the Iranian Electoral Commission, also claims that standing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came in third place with just 12 percent of the national vote. Makhmalbaf is closely aligned with Mousavi, and has been extremely vocal in the days since the election results were announced in Ahmadinejad’s favor, saying that Mousavi has asked him “to warn the world that this is a coup d’etat, and Mousavi has asked for the world’s governments not to recognise a president created by a coup.” A ... "
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"Adnkronos, an Italian press agency that specializes in English-language news from the Arab world, is reporting today that Persepolis creator/co-director Marjane Satrapi and her fellow Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (probably best known here for his 2001 film Kandahar) “presented a document to Green Party MPs in the European parliament claiming to show that defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had received over 19 million votes in the weekend election.” The document, purportedly from the Iranian Electoral Commission, also claims that standing president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came in third place with just 12 percent of the national vote. Makhmalbaf is closely aligned with Mousavi, and has been extremely vocal in the days since the election results were announced in Ahmadinejad’s favor, saying that Mousavi has asked him “to warn the world that this is a coup d’etat, and Mousavi has asked for the world’s governments not to recognise a president created by a coup.” A ... "
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"Dark Corners started out as a pretty interesting horror movie with Thora Birch ("Train") playing dual roles as a depressed, poor woman having beautiful dreams and a wealthy, happy woman having nightmares. They seemed to be dreaming each other's lives. And then it just descended into making zero sense and plausibility. I don't mind bending the rules of space and time. But there needs to be something I can hold onto as possible.Gran Torino gives us Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby") at his grizzled best. Eastwood stars as a grumpy old racist man living in a changing neighborhood. He starts getting close to his Hmong neighbors who change his outlook as he tries to keep them out of trouble. Besides Eastwood, the acting of the unknowns in the film is atrocious. But the story is so good, that I mostly overlooked that. And I enjoy Eastwood as a director. He doesn't waste time. All the shots are important and further the story. If this is truly Eastwood's final acting performance, then ... "
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"The Year My Parents Went On Vacation follows the emotional journey of a child hastily abandoned by his parents that is forced to adapt to the unfamiliar surroundings he now finds himself transplanted to. In the weeks leading up to the 1970 World Cup, Mauro is moved from his comfortable home to the noisy and alien streets of São Paulo, Brazil to stay with his grandfather while his parents go on a spur of the moment 'vacation.' Left standing with suitcase in hand on the curb of his new home, Mauro is immediately confronted with the death of his impromptu caretaker and left to forage for himself in an empty apartment. Days turn to weeks and an unlikely friendship forms between Mauro and the elderly Jewish neighbor that begrudgingly views the child's situation as an exercise in faith. The simplistic nature of the film allows for a heartwarming adventure about the naiveté of youth and the struggle of maintaining ones religious and political convictions in the face of hards ... "
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"The annual French language film festival at Western Oregon University begins tomorrow with Persepolis at 7:00 pm in ITC 211. See the rest of the schedule on the WOU Film Studies blog. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs "
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"Animated, foreign-language, feature-length documentary. These are all separate categories for the Academy Awards, but they also together describe Ari Folman’s Waltz with Bashir, a film that has received tons of praise and Oscar buzz since premiering at Cannes last May. With such a rare combination and transcendence of genres, Waltz could possibly have been the first film to be nominated for Best Animated Feature, Best Documentary Feature and Best Foreign Language Film. Unfortunately, soon after being announced as Israel’s submission to the foreign category, Folman’s film fell out of contention for the documentary prize after its distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, had to choose between having a qualifying theatrical release and taking part in the New York Film Festival. But even if Waltz had been deemed technically eligible for the doc category, would the nominating committee have given it much of a chance?
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"Any movie that puts a human face on Iran and the Iranian people is a good thing. Plus, my dentist is Iranian. So is my congressperson, come to think of it. Persepolis covers the history of the country from the fall of the Shah up to a while ago. They don't make movies like Married Life anymore; only, this time, they did. The thing I like about Scorpian King 2 is that the hero carries his sword in a leather scabbard on his back and every time that he draws it, it makes a metallic rasping sound - forget the leather - followed by a ringing twang! I'll probably never take the time to write about The Life Before Her Eyes (2008), but I see 500 movies a year and maybe one out of the 500 affects me like this one did. A story that gets it just right, for me. Watched The Darwin Awards (2006) again. Was entertained all the way through, same as the first time. I wonder if this film is developing a following; it deserves one. Winona and Fiennes have some chemistry. My Canadian friend Matt the ... "
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"Even though the writers have apparently settled on a deal to end the strike, there is still a great deal to fear on the Oscar broadcast set for Feb. 24, that can be summed up in three simple words (two if you hyphenate correctly):Oscar-winner 'Norbit'.That's right. While many wrestle with the fact that their favorite films have been left off the nominee list (I understand, though don't agree with, the love-fest called Juno, but even my friends who are the most ardent supporters of the film agree that it has no place in the Best Picture and Best Director category) a film that was universally loathed like 'Norbit' has a shot at earning the most coveted trophies in the biz.Here to give you an edge on the office ballots, I have opted to fill this column with a handy guide to this year's nominees, chock-full of winner predictions. (Plus, you can check out some of the shorts on your computer, links provided, free of charge. You're welcome!)Best picture&ldq ... "
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"Persepolis at it's core is a coming of age film about a young girl (Marjane) growing up in Iran during a time of great change and political upheavel. It begins with Marjane as a young girl, idealistic, naive and curious about the world around her. Changes are happening all around her, the shah is being overthrown by revolutionaries. Marjane is surrounded by adults with belief systems and ideas that contradict what she has been taught and therefore thinks she knows. Marjane forms ideas based on what she is told, but what she feels and what she is told tend to contradict. The film sees her grow up as tensions rise, as a war begins and Marjane attempts to make sense of events through her own worldview. Indeed we as the viewer see all these events through the lense of Marjane's search for self which continues beyond the war, through her adolescence, her journey to the west and her subsequent return as an adult to a very changed Iran. Through these challenges and with the guide of her ... "
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"The story of a young girl - later a young woman - who bounces back and forth to and from her home country of Iran, Persepolis is not necessarily an easy movie to watch but it rewards the viewer who does. This is the kind of movie that could only really be told in animated form. The settings are too vivid and the violence too stark to be told as a live-action film. Animation allows for more interpretive visuals but also for more stark realism. If this were live-action it would actually come off as less-realistic than it does in animated form. There are many moving parts in Persepolis that all come together, but there’s no fat on the film at all. The story-telling is lean and pointed, with meaning and sub-text behind every graphic element that’s on screen and every line of dialogue that’s uttered. It’s highly recommended if you enjoy movies that bridge the gap between exposing you to a serious subject and being truly entertaining.
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