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2022

Liked Watched 04 Jun 2025

Did panahi choose to take an oath on camera rather than on the Quran because he believes in cinema or is it because (like the film shows us) it’s so damn easy to lie in cinema?

1969

Liked 6

How does rohmer write like this? 

I have so much respect for writers who can write dialogue that’s always engaging and not cringe, especially in a film where people yap and almost nothing else. 

As always with rohmer, I had fun with this one. Especially when jean Louis wrapped himself tight in that blanket.

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2023

★★★★½ Liked 1

An incredible piece of honest, distanced and ethical documentary filmmaking. The post screening q&a really enlightened me. The director’s background as a therapist and how it allowed her to be so intimate with her subjects almost brought a tear to my eye. 

What she said about going against the Orientalist, western depictions of the Middle East in such a mature and artistic style really stuck with me. The maturity to not bombard us with images of violence these subjects have…

2024

★★★★ Liked Watched 30 Jun 2024

Great film. Love how vinothraj’s films are always on the move, with this being a road movie. The camera is always so fluid with so much movement and the static shots don’t disrupt the flow at all. 

Love the random moments of humour along the way too. Very good use of satire. That cut to black was a very powerful ending.

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