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In Reply to: RE: Your point is Iran's filmmakers live in such a repressive culture that they deserve greater recognition posted by Jazz Inmate on January 10, 2011 at 16:33:56
...that the new wave Persian filmmakers "pale" as a group in comparison to any other group of filmmakers, Mexican or otherwise. You may prefer another school, but you do the Iranian directors a grave disservice in dismissing them so cavalierly.
Being oppressed doesn't make one a good filmmaker. But when every inch of film counts, and it is so difficult to create any work of art, oppression can be a catalyst to even greater expression - the concission and passion become distilled - nothing wasted.
So what Iranian films have you seen besides the recent Perepolis HAVE you seen to be able to make such a blanket dismissal as you did above?
What is many?
As I also said, I can understand matters of different taste and style preferences - Kiarostami is not a fast paced director - but I can't respect your position when you show that much disrespect for an acknowledged master.
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