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"The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)

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Re: "The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)

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Post by n4r9 »

aa-jv wrote: post #8
brunorsini wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available. An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation. Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.

This is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.

"A Separation" is good - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Separation

Also "A girl walks home alone at night" - (Farsi language but produced in the US) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Girl_Walks_Home_Alone_at_Nig...

Re: "The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)

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Post by dingdongditchme »

aa-jv wrote: post #8
brunorsini wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Go straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available. An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation. Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.

This is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.

the doc "Taxi": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(2015_film)

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Post by mohsen1 »

brunorsini wrote: post #7
pazimzadeh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just more movies about the Persians, where they’re not evil etc..

Go straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available. An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation. Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.

wow i totally missed "It Was Just an Accident". Have to watch asap.

Re: "The Persian MâR-Nâmeh Or, the Book for Taking Omens from Snakes" (1892)

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Post by aa-jv »

dingdongditchme wrote: post #13
aa-jv wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is excellent advice - do you have any more recommendations? I'd really love to dig deeper into this branch of cinema, it seems an opportunity for quite some cultural enlightenment.

the doc "Taxi": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxi_(2015_film)

Putting it on my list - thanks for that, looks like a great watch.

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Post by pazimzadeh »

brunorsini wrote: post #7
pazimzadeh wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just more movies about the Persians, where they’re not evil etc..

Go straight to the source, Iranian cinema is awesome and widely available. An easy starter is last year's "It Was Just an Accident", which was nominated for a couple of Oscars. It goes from being hilarious to offering a deep reflection on vengeance vs reparation. Kiarostami and Farhadi are also two great directors to explore.

I kinda meant about ancient persia, like a Ben Gurion or other epic but about persia.

but yeah iranian cinema is good. surpringly self-aware sometimes, like the 2004 movie Marmulak (The Lizard)

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