Re: Iranian Cinema

Iranian Cinema was well known inspired by its choice of actors, also the history in where they film their sets. They can film in some very antique and or you can say "historical" cities or landmarks of the country. Mainly it was influenced by its history and probably it's remarkable short films (e.g. Taste of Cherry, The Apple, Gabbeh). Some of the films in Iran had great plots. In brief, Iranian history and film making goes pretty well, like how Italian Neo-Realism came to play, with great history and enough actors and stories to hop on board.

Re: San Jose Film Festival

Full Length Films

1. Third World (Tercer Mundo)

2. The Pit

3. God is D_ad

4. Paulista (¿Quanto Dura o Amor?)

5. The Real Revolutionaries

Short Films

1. Abuelo

2. Attack from the Robots from Nebula - 5

3 The Desire ( El Deseo )

4. A Bike Ride

5. The Six Dollar Fifty Man

Re: Cinema in Iran

Rite now, everybody knows that Iran is in a bad shape, with all of the wars, and the plans of Al-Queda and the Taliban's of the middle east. I too know that they mostly have alot, and alot of fields, but I personally did know they had cinema, but in reality I thought they weren't that popular.

Five things that I learned was that they have a life like an average person does. They have the same kind of food as we do. They are mostly poor. Some of the people are very friendly, and how they face life without that much technology unlike the United States.

Re: Dogme vs. Italian Neorealism

Dogme:

1. All filming must be done on location. All props &sets can not be brought on location. If a particular prop is necessary for the story, a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found.
2. Sound can not be produced, it must be real.
3. You must use a hand held camera, and it cannot stand still.
4. Only natural light. Only, if necessary, use ONE lamp connected to the camera.
5. Optical work and filters are forbidden.
6. The film must not contain superficial action
7. Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden (that is to say that the film takes place here and now).
8. Must not have a genre.
9. The final picture must be transferred to the Academy 35mm film, with an aspect ratio of 4:3, that is, not widescreen.
10. The director must not be credited.

This is very different from neorealism because not only is it reality, but it is also very strict and has lost of qualities of a low budget film would have

Re: Satire

The funniest shows that have satire that I have seen would be Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Robot Chicken, and some Family Guy. Some great Satire shows would be Mad TV, The Colbert Report, The Daily Show, and of course the genius of Lewis Blacks' Root of all Evil.

Satire seems to be like a way to talk about a subject and just exaggerate on just the random options of what would happen. It usually revolves around the subject of Parody, Incongruity, and Exaggeration.

Re: Italian Neo-Realism

The origin of Italian Neo-Realism is in Italy when Mussolini got Italy under his power. After World War II, Mussolini was a Facist leader and it was a totalitarian government back then. The Films of Italy show us, "the Amuricans", that we have a paradise of the world and it shows that everyone wants to live in it. It portrays that Americans lives are peaceful. People were shown the glories of their 'roman' past. The movie of Italy doesn't want to show Fascism and promote Socialism.

The American influences for them was used for films, like film techniques, high angles, low angles, and a lot of other important film techniques.

Re: International Cinema vs. Hollywood Cinema

Hollywood Movies:

- The General

- Modern Times

- His Girl Friday

- Double Indemnity

- Casablanca

- Citizen Kane

- Angels w/ Dirty Faces

- It's a Wonderful Life

- On the Waterfront

- Rebel without a cause

International Movies

- Arrival At a Train Station

- A trip to the Moon

- Battleship Potemkin

- Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

- Metropolis

- The Last Laugh

Well, both of the Cinemas have great and some have understandable story lines. Only international movies have less restrictions. The acting styles are pretty much the same, how the character is portrayed, and how good he plays his part. The differences are that the stories don't end the same, and the heroes are more or less different than the average hero is.