tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post2737735149777867904..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: This Is Not a Film (Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2012)Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-53847962213542969372012-03-08T15:08:22.386-05:002012-03-08T15:08:22.386-05:00Thanks Sheila. Yeah, I hope nothing's befallen...Thanks Sheila. Yeah, I hope nothing's befallen that boy either. He's so memorable, so sweet and human. I get so uncomfortable with all this saber-rattling talk of punishing Iran when I think of people like him being caught up in any fighting. What's so great about Panahi is that his films, be they scripted or this, can be explicitly political while perhaps making the most political statement of all in the normal behavior of his subjects. To see this kid wistfully talking about his life plans and his jobs to make those plans a reality...it's impossible not to love him.<br /><br />What a film. Great on so many levels, yet small and humble like so much Iranian film.Jake Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15532951308638768249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-55621666606688404192012-03-08T06:59:26.730-05:002012-03-08T06:59:26.730-05:00Beautifully done, Jake. I love to hear what you g...Beautifully done, Jake. I love to hear what you got from it. That kid in the elevator ... a natural. So unselfconscious, so funny - I love how he kind of nervously adjusts his shirt as the filming begins, wanting to look nice for the camera. I have worried about that kid since Panahi's detainment. I hope he did not experience any retaliation for just appearing in the film. I am not sure how to find out about that. But he has come into my mind from time to time.Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.com