CANNES
Kiarostami defends jailed fellow direcor Jafar Panahi
In his introduction Kiarostami said, “cinema has been attacked, which is why I am intervening.” He further stated that on his way to the Palais, he got a message from Panahi’s wife, to call her as soon as he possibly could.” Kiarostami interpreted this as being positive news, interestingly enough since it could be negative, too. Kiarostami said, “the fact that a filmmaker has been jailed is intolerable … an entire art form has been jailed.” The Iranian filmmaker also mentioned the March letter which appeared in the New York Times and told us he had brought a stack of them along in case any of the journalists present needed a take-home copy
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VIEW
Surgical raids on the suspected publishers
The grueling process to obtain printing rights for the first edition of a book is physically and emotionally daunting to the extent that many authors and poets prefer to live in a self-imposed state of idleness. If and when a literary master-piece dares to shape, its author is summoned to the Ministry of Ershad for questioning and endless interrogations. Once a book is accepted for further consideration, Ershad’s special examiners assume the role of writers and poets themselves and demand modifications and annexations to the text. The book is then sent back to the publisher for repeated revisions
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POETRY
From "22: Eulogies" by Shams Langeroudi
My daughter,
it was their tradition to bury you alive.
You were killed;
a whole nation is being buried alive.
Look how peacefully he rests his head on the pillow
he who has earned his wage for killing you
eats a Halal dinner
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هیتلر این بار با بی حوصله گی تمام گفت خوب و بعد کمی هم گویا ناراحت و یا عصبانی شده بود این بار بانگ زد خوب چه..؟ زن فتانه این بار هیتلر را به خونسردی دعوت کرد و با خنده ای بلند گفت که میخواهد شما را ببیند, دو لب هیتلر بخنده باز شد و با ناراحتی عجیبی پرسید همین و پس از کشیدن یک نفس عمیق گفت بگو که بیاید .
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