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Post by politicidal1 on Oct 16, 2023 16:34:32 GMT
Good lord. R. I. P. TEXT: The 83-year-old and Vahideh Mohammadifar were found with stab injuries in their home near the capital, Tehran, on Saturday evening, Iranian authorities say. Mehrjui was considered one of the founders of Iranian new wave cinema. Iran's judiciary said seven people have been arrested so far in connection with the killing. Police spokesperson Saeed Montazer-Mehdi said detectives had "reached convincing evidence related to the case". According to chief justice Hossein Fazeli, Mehrjui had invited his daughter to come over to his home in the city of Karaj for dinner on Saturday night. When she arrived, she is said to have found the bodies of her parents. Mohammadifar, a screenwriter and costume designer, had reportedly complained recently that she had been threatened and that the house had been burgled. Iranian actor and director Houman Seyedi was among those who took to social media to react to the killings - describing them as "terrible and brutal". Mehrjui, who studied in the US as a young man and later lived in France for five years, first rose to national and international prominence with his 1969 film The Cow, which tells the story about a villager's obsession with the titular animal. His other most notable films include Hamoun, The Pear Tree and Leila - the latter about an infertile woman who encourages her husband to marry for a second time. The new wave movement focused mainly on realism but Mehrjui was known to draw inspiration from literature. He received many awards over the years but while his films were celebrated at international film festivals, some barely saw the light of day in Iran due to censorship. www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67118052
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Oct 16, 2023 20:35:59 GMT
Admittedly not familiar with his work outside The Cow
That's terrible
R.I.P.
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Post by amoody408 on Feb 21, 2024 14:03:29 GMT
If interested in checking out his works I'd recommend "The Tenants" from his pre 79 work, and "Hamoun" & "Leila" from his 80s/90s works. as well as "Santuri" from his more recent works. There are some other films worth seeing from his early works and recent works but the aforementioned is where I would start. I also enjoyed "La Minor" & "Narenji Poosh" . He tends to work with really popular actors in various eras, such as the likes of Khosro Shakibai, Ezatollah Entezami, Ali Nasirian, Hamed Behdad, Homayoon Ershadi, Golshifteh Farahani & more.
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