The Iranian film-maker turned taxi driver Jafar Panahi combats his persecutors with guerrilla tactics,sly humour and sterling grace – like an anti-Travis Bickle Jafar Panahi is the Iranian film-maker and democracy campaigner facing official harassment with unique wit, grace and humanity – all obvious in his new movie Taxi Tehran, and whose quietly defiant sterling humour and charm will grow on you,as they grew on me when I first saw it in Berlin earlier this year. It is engaging and disarming: a freewheeling semi-improv piece of guerrilla film-making, cleverly staged and choreographed, and with the discursive,digressive qualities of an essay film. Related: Jafar Panahi loses appeal against six-year prison sentence Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com