I must be fair, when you see older Iranian films there does appear to be a greater diversity but at least Kiarostami himself is showing a greater variation both in his film making and his screenplays. Perhaps others will start showing a bit more variety in their output as they mature.
I recently watched a short documentary on Irans one and only rock group "The Flying Misters" it showed it's a tough life in Iran if you want to try and do something a little different especially when it is seen as something "Western" and likely to cause excitement. We don't need a constant supply of films from the Middle East that highlight the problems of this or that group, people do live relatively normal lives in these countries as well and I'm sure there are stories to be told that don't rely on the plight and suffering of a certain group whether Kurds, Afghani's, children, women et al.
Cheers Trev.
Last edited by trevor826; 07-07-2005 at 07:20 AM.
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