Iranian counter-revolution on film?

SouthLand
By SouthLand

Iranian filmmaker bridges deep political divides with irreverence.

Masoud Dehnamaki, a former militant, has broken box-office records with his irreverent film about the Iran-Iraq war.

Tehran, Iran - Masoud Dehnamaki's office is no longer made up to resemble the front line of the Iran-Iraq war, with sandbags, helmets, and gas masks – and a sign requiring preprayer ablutions before entering.

And few hints remain that this slight, black-bearded former militant was once a leader of violent vigilantes called Ansar-e Hizbullah. In the late 1990s he wielded a club – and the pen of the hard-line newspapers he edited – to provoke lethal clashes with students and attack reformists.

But Mr. Dehnamaki is a serial iconoclast, and remains so even as he shifts targets.

Today, those right-wing credentials are enabling the war veteran-turned-film director to challenge prevailing myths about the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, an event that defined Iran like no other since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Perhaps only Dehnamaki, among the pantheon of Iran's gifted film directors, could get away with the irreverent portrayal of the war in his film "Ekhrajiha," ("The Outcasts"). In taking that tack, he reveals how the sanctity of the "sacred" war, as the conflict is called here, is being redefined.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0604/p07s03-wome.html

By Dracula• 5 Jun 2008 00:17
Dracula

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

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If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By Oh My• 5 Jun 2008 00:13
Oh My

nite

By SouthLand• 5 Jun 2008 00:06
SouthLand

Going to power down my own hard drive.

By Oh My• 5 Jun 2008 00:02
Oh My

I'm going to have to keep on riding since cocopuffs wants to play nice now.

By SouthLand• 4 Jun 2008 23:58
SouthLand

Is that why your avatar has its back to us and riding off into the sunset? Turn around and take life by the @#lls, ahem, horns :D

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 23:53
Oh My

cordiality? I know it's late and everything but dude don't let it fizzle out...I was just getting warmed up.

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 23:45
Dracula

___Be my guest!_____________________

If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 23:44
Oh My

Yeah me too! I suppose...having to suppose because I'm not quite sure what you are saying me too to...but heck why not.

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 23:23
Dracula

Me too!

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If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 23:21
Oh My

don't want to show your face right here in the open..figures.

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 23:17
Dracula

___Ok, i'll let you know.

PM or face on face?

Or you're good only with a keyboard in your face?_____________________________________

If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 23:12
Oh My

let me know when you can post something intelligible.

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 23:12
Dracula

This one: Pizda matii!

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If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 23:10
Dracula

not in this life? at yours 50 y.o. now...

ok, i can wait!

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If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By SouthLand• 4 Jun 2008 23:06
SouthLand

Now we know how to kill you off :)Just ribbin ya mate. Namaste

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 23:06
Oh My

not in this life.

By Oh My• 4 Jun 2008 22:55
Oh My

just like I said...congrats...how many of those posts were even worth one point?

By SouthLand• 4 Jun 2008 22:52
SouthLand

I think your confusing QL points for pints of blood ;)

By Dracula• 4 Jun 2008 22:51
Dracula

lol I just posted for my 1000 POINTS.

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If you see evil in others, it is actually the reflection of your own evil feelings

By thexonic• 4 Jun 2008 22:51
thexonic

Southland dont worry, we posted it at the same time.

"There's good in everyone, sometimes people just get diverted to the wrong path"

By thexonic• 4 Jun 2008 22:51
thexonic

Southland dont worry, we posted it at the same time.

"There's good in everyone, sometimes people just get diverted to the wrong path"

By thexonic• 4 Jun 2008 22:50
thexonic

lol we all posted, lets just leave the threads the way they r. good one dracula lol.

"There's good in everyone, sometimes people just get diverted to the wrong path"

By SouthLand• 4 Jun 2008 22:49
SouthLand

Sorry, I guess I should've checked first. I usually do.

By thexonic• 4 Jun 2008 22:47
thexonic

lol I just posted this thread 2 minutes ago.

"There's good in everyone, sometimes people just get diverted to the wrong path"

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