In this blog post we will be exploring the relationship between what religion is believed to be and then what religion is actually meant to be. We start our story of “Answer Man” with a guy named Arlen Faber. He is a man that claims to have hear the word of god. Which he thenContinue reading “Answer Man – A Higher Power or a Hoax?”
The movie The Answer Man portrays religion as primarily a belief. A belief in something unseen. Something greater than yourself. Something righteous. At the beginning of the movie, we meet the main character Arlen Faber, aka “the answer man.” He is expected to be this amazing man who can speak directly to God. He is full ofContinue reading “Beyond Belief”
While watching the film, About Elly, my attention was drawn primarily to the relationships of the characters rather than the aspect of culture. I believe the writer and director Asghar Farhadi did a fantastic job of depicting Iranian society in a way that Americans can more easily relate to and understand; this presenting the significant moralContinue reading “Blog Post 3: About Elly”
About Elly is an Iranian film from 2009 that overlooks a few certain ideals within the movie itself. This movie explores Iranian culture but something I noticed during the movie was how even with the Iranian culture being portrayed, I was able to find a numerous amount of cultural similarities between Iranian culture and theContinue reading “What happened to Elly?”
About Elly is an Iranian film from 2009 that overlooks a few certain ideals within the movie itself. This movie explores Iranian culture but something I noticed during the movie was how even with the Iranian culture being portrayed, I was able to find a numerous amount of cultural similarities between Iranian culture and theContinue reading “What happened to Elly?”
About Elly is a positively riveting look into the very complex layered and intricate lives of a group of well realized characters living in modern day Iran. The plot follows a group of about six or seven friends with their families taking a vacation to a beach house for the weekend. While at first glanceContinue reading “About Elly”
About Elly is an Iranian film written and directed by Asghar Farhadi in 2009. Starring in the lead roles are the two actresses Taraneh Alidoosti, as Elly, and Golshifteh Farahani, as Sepideh. Considering the plot is centered around the Iranian culture, almost all the twists and turns of the film pertain to the Islamic religion andContinue reading “About Elly”
About Elly was an extremely moving film that truly left viewers wanting to know more the entire time. About Elly (2009) takes place in Iran and is primarily about a preschool teach (Elly), who is invited to go on a beach vacation with one of her students’ parents and their friends. Sepideh invited Elly toContinue reading “About Elly”
About Elly was a fantastic film, filled with fascinating commentary. I am going to focus on the gender commentary for the purposes of this blog (who saw that coming?). So, in the film, there is a clear distinction between the women and the men of the group and their roles. The women can be seenContinue reading “Whats something that just makes you go ~WOMEN~”
About Elly came out in 2009 and was set in Iran. The movie is about a group of friends going to the beach for a trip and Elly was invited along because she was the school teacher of Sepideh’s young daughter. The film About Elly allowed me to better understand the lifestyle of Iranians. In theContinue reading “About Elly Blog”