Comments on Iranian Cinema

Thanks for this. Kiarostami's entire "earthquake" trilogy is great. Of the three, "Where Is the Friend's Home?" is my favorite, although "Taste of Cherry" is, I believe, his masterpiece. And I can't recommend Mohsen Makhmalbaf's "Moment of Innocence" more highly. Fantastic film in which the director revisits/recreates a pivotal event from his past. To quote Michael Atkinson, it "sticks like a koan-burr to your frontal lobe."

"I’m not sure what the fuck Rosenbaum is talking about when he says “what [Bush] chooses to call ‘Iran’”—is he supposed to call it Persia?"

No. What Bush chooses to call `Iran' is chiefly a narrow-minded, fundamentalist jerk like himself, not a complex society of millions of individuals that is every bit as multicultural as the U.S. We rightly get upset when foreigners assume that "America" is Bush, so we should also pay attention when Bush demonizes millions of people in the distorted and limited image of one of its leaders.

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!

Hi Jim. You letter i received. Thanks! Photos is GREAT!!!!