MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Robert Faturechi, Los Angeles Times, Feb. 26, 2012
Asghar Farhadi's work, vying for Academy Awards for original screenplay and foreign film, raises dueling perspectives among expatriates.
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I had read about the Iranian government closing the House of Cinema when it happened. For those who have followed Iranian arts over the years, it was a pretty strong sign that hardliners are gaining more power. Iranian independent cinema was one point of pride that the mullahs in the past seem to have understood gave them a rep as "not as bad as some of those other guys" in the neighborhood, i.e., a more modern kinda Islamic theocracy. That's been the case for years,;people in the Indie film world would point to Iranian films as "it can't be all bad for the arts over there." Seemed like the Iranian government just decided to throw that rep away. For that reason, I suspected "A Separation" was a shoo-in to win, most of the voters in that category would know all about this happening.
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/27/2012 - 8:40pm