07 May 2010

Imam the walrus

Kasi Az Gorbehaye Irani Khabar Nadareh (No one knows about Persian cats)

Crit

No, these people are not saying they want a revolution. All they want to do is make some simulacrum of Western pop music. Most of them have no quarrel with Islamic law and custom, and with perhaps one exception, every act we see is laughably tame by U.S./U.K. standards of s & d & r&r. But the ayatollah's regime is not laughing, and the morality police seem incapable of laughter, and so it's all sadder than it is funny.

Ragged, with gaping narrative lacunae, but heartfelt, and you can dance to it. Scarcely a classic of rock cinema, but worth a look.

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