Iranian Double Feature: NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT Persian CATS & TAXI
THE BRIGHT BULB SCREENING SERIES 2020
Free Screenings @ 8pm The Second Thursday of Each Month
Two from the Iranian “New Wave”
(Hosted by Dan Buskirk, WPRB, Fleisher Arts Memorial)
NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS (2009, directed by Bahman Ghobadi, 105 minutes, Iran)
TAXI (2015, directed by Jafar Panahi, 82 minutes, Iran)
Iran's “New Wave” filmmaking movement began in 1964 and has including generational second and third “waves” of intellectually rich and internationally award-winning cinema. This pair of docu-fiction features offer a fascinating look at the state of modern Iran and its people. NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS follows a pair of dream pop musicians as they seek to put together a band from Iran's underground music scene. TAXI shows Iran's banned filmmaker Panahi as he seemingly creates a film out of nothing while conversing with passengers in his Tehran taxi.
“TAXI is not an act of sadness but of joy-and not the joy of a good meal or getting a deal on an automobile. This is a humanist's joy.”
- Charles Mudede (The Stranger, Seattle)
(re: NO ONE KNOWS ABOUT PERSIAN CATS ) “Stubborn, high-spirited and carefully calculated rebellion is Mr. Ghobadi's subject, and also the prevailing ethic of his film.”
- A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Admission is FREE