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mellowtiggerI went to see this movie last night. (Trailer here.) It cost $9, but it was money well spent. I really liked the film.
It's from Iran, and it was nice to see desert country without any of the religious/political/economic concerns of the last 100 years involved. There was precious little dialog in it. I like that. The movie started "slow" and got slower from there. It's not going to please most American audiences, but I really liked it. For much the same reason that I like "Samurai Jack" episodes, I suppose. It's not necessary to gab in order to experience what life has to show.
I talk about walking into the forest and not coming back, and I do expect to accomplish it someday. Well, this movie is about (sort of) a blind man and a young girl walking into the desert. I grew up in desert in West Texas, the kind of flat scrub desert that you see in video from Iraq these days, but this movie shows the kind of desert with rolling sand dunes as far as the eye can see. They craft buildings into the ground, with steps leading down from sand level to the building floor, rather than above ground like we do here.
That's just a superficial observation though. The movie was more about: life-and-death, purpose, life-story.
It's showing locally at the Uptown for only one week. I'd expect a similar short life on the big screen elsewhere too. My recommendation: go see it. Some of the beautiful scenery would be harder to experience on a tv screen if you wait for it to show there.
It's from Iran, and it was nice to see desert country without any of the religious/political/economic concerns of the last 100 years involved. There was precious little dialog in it. I like that. The movie started "slow" and got slower from there. It's not going to please most American audiences, but I really liked it. For much the same reason that I like "Samurai Jack" episodes, I suppose. It's not necessary to gab in order to experience what life has to show.
I talk about walking into the forest and not coming back, and I do expect to accomplish it someday. Well, this movie is about (sort of) a blind man and a young girl walking into the desert. I grew up in desert in West Texas, the kind of flat scrub desert that you see in video from Iraq these days, but this movie shows the kind of desert with rolling sand dunes as far as the eye can see. They craft buildings into the ground, with steps leading down from sand level to the building floor, rather than above ground like we do here.
That's just a superficial observation though. The movie was more about: life-and-death, purpose, life-story.
It's showing locally at the Uptown for only one week. I'd expect a similar short life on the big screen elsewhere too. My recommendation: go see it. Some of the beautiful scenery would be harder to experience on a tv screen if you wait for it to show there.
Re: Nice
Date: 2008-Sep-15, Monday 11:48 pm (UTC)I did, and it's gorgeous!
Alex in Seattle
Re: Nice
Date: 2008-Sep-16, Tuesday 12:44 pm (UTC)Best,
Luis in Baja.