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In Reply to: RE: Where did the word "crazy" come from? posted by Victor Khomenko on March 07, 2012 at 09:21:29
" Like Farhadi's last three films, A Separation was made without any government support. The financing went without trouble much thanks to the success of About Elly.[6] The production was granted 25,000 US dollars in support from the Motion Picture Association's APSA Academy Film Fund.[7]
In September 2010, Farhadi was banned from making the film by the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, because of an acceptance speech held during an award ceremony where he expressed support for several Iranian film personalities. Notably he had wished to see the return to Iranian cinema by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, an exiled filmmaker and Iranian opposition profile, and the imprisoned political filmmaker Jafar Panahi, both of whom had been connected to the Iranian Green Movement. The ban was lifted in the beginning of October after Farhadi claimed to have been misperceived and apologized..."
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I was not talking about support. Your quote confirms what I stated earlier.
you know?
We know that Iran is a totalitarian state, in desperate need of money. I have seen another totalitarian state, how it operates in similar situation. All proceeds from activity abroad would be surrendered to the state. The state would then reward the person with local perks - an apartment, a car, food coupons to special distributor...
Neither you nor I have any certainty in this regard, but there is a reasonable assumption that a portion of proceeds will go towards the government's needs. You yourself posted the link describing the degree of control the government has.
You think the Iranian government will simply let $100M or so go past its grab?
You are just making stuff up now. 100M? I guess facts like how film financing and distribution actually works, how much money the movie has actually grossed and where that money actually goes is besides the point. But then facts usually are besides the point when hate mongering is going on.
again I have to ask, do you put gas in your car? Where do you think that money goes? Heck do you use electricity at all?
Do you not understand the basic need to support artists in politically oppressed countries? Of course not.
This was your idiotic claim
"Does it matter that most likely a portion of your ticket dollars will go towards financing Hizballah and Hamas?"
Utter bullshit. Hizballah and Hamas have back end deals on this film?
GET a clue!!!!!!
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Someone prefers to give it to those who kills our boys. Indirectly... sure... but still.
Edits: 03/07/12
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