This is my first film from Jafar Panahi and as far I can see from this one, he is continuing that respectable tradition Abbas Kiarostami instated in Iranian cinema to make meta-films about and around cinema where the director is a pivotal character in the film and is somewhat a fictionalized biopic about a directors life.
I always appreciate movies like this that blend cinema and real life. Or blend the real of life with the magic of cinema...turning it into real-magic. Of course, Iranian cinema is not about spectacle, and neither is this one...it's more about the entanglements of life, freedom and tradition.
I always appreciate movies like this that blend cinema and real life. Or blend the real of life with the magic of cinema...turning it into real-magic. Of course, Iranian cinema is not about spectacle, and neither is this one...it's more about the entanglements of life, freedom and tradition.