I fell in love again, today. All over again. I fell in love with his world. They say he makes magic... the cinema of Majid Majidi. There is magic is his frames, sound, his neo-realistic characters and the simple essence of life that binds each of his movie.
I saw his latest film "The song of sparrow' at piff . The film revolves around Karim (Reza Naji) who works in a ranch in outskirts of Tehran. He lives with his wife, two daughters and a son. Fired from his job, Karim lands up with a job in the city as passenger ferryman. The passenger and the places he encounters.... and his efforts to make his family happy.
The film runs on the underlining theme of the human chase for our dreams, needs... Some we achieve and realise that they were not worth the chase. Some don't materialise and always remain elusive. Some we end up doing unexpectedly and are quite surprisingly satisfying.
A scene where he takes back the blue door, his wife gives away is simply awesome. The shot is an aerial view and he walks with his blue door over the shoulder, through burnt fields - symbolising barren life but still he walks past full of hope. In an another scene, he empathises with his son's broken dream of being a millionare and sings a song for him 'The world is a lie. The world is a dream' - encapsulates the film in totality.
A must watch... Even if you are the yash chopra movie kinds. But i don't know where else can u catch this movie other than a film fest.
I saw his latest film "The song of sparrow' at piff . The film revolves around Karim (Reza Naji) who works in a ranch in outskirts of Tehran. He lives with his wife, two daughters and a son. Fired from his job, Karim lands up with a job in the city as passenger ferryman. The passenger and the places he encounters.... and his efforts to make his family happy.
The film runs on the underlining theme of the human chase for our dreams, needs... Some we achieve and realise that they were not worth the chase. Some don't materialise and always remain elusive. Some we end up doing unexpectedly and are quite surprisingly satisfying.
A scene where he takes back the blue door, his wife gives away is simply awesome. The shot is an aerial view and he walks with his blue door over the shoulder, through burnt fields - symbolising barren life but still he walks past full of hope. In an another scene, he empathises with his son's broken dream of being a millionare and sings a song for him 'The world is a lie. The world is a dream' - encapsulates the film in totality.
A must watch... Even if you are the yash chopra movie kinds. But i don't know where else can u catch this movie other than a film fest.
hmmm.. love with a movie... all over again... good... so will you like to act in such a movie or direct it or produce or what? i mean, how else can you further your love for movies other than watching?
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