The film 300 directed by Zack Snyder has won special attention worldwide. The movie is a semi-animation retelling the story of Thermopylae, a Greco Persian war. Movie's theme overall describes the Persians to be barbaric. Although the director himself claims, "no parallels between the film and the contemporary world were intended", there are many who do not share the idea with him. Iranian officials are amongst those who believe there have certainly been some other intentions behind the idea for producing such film. Iran's Government's spokesman considers it as hostile behavior which is the result of cultural and psychological warfare. The potential outcome for such pressure from US is perceived to be uniting the world's judgment against Iran.
Another news making 2007 film here in Iran is Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts). The Outcasts is the story of a bad-mannered group of five that join the Iran Iraq war with a non-spiritual intention. They evolve morally and even two of them became Martyrs. Directed by an unknown filmmaker and at the same time a political right wing activist famed for taking hostile acts against his opponents. In his two earlier documentaries, he exceptionally criticized the current situation In Iran. He surprisingly passed over all possible punishments by the system which had not tolerated much minor deeds by others in past. Though the Outcasts satisfies audience who evaluate it a mere comedy, obviously Dehnamaki did not mean only to make people laugh. Then the question is, to whom Dehnamaki is talking. Now that the ruling class: State, Parliament and Judiciary have one voice with the real powers in Iran. Franchised Dehnamaki does not aim to mock anybody, because people whom Ekhrajiha may possibly be satirizing, (i.e. effective policy makers, like influential war veterans) soundly praised the film. Then what could be the message of the movie?
The films Ekhrajiha and 300 have many things but one in common, one to attack one to defend. They both were excellent box office; both directors were beginner in feature films, they both received a wide variety of concerns. The focal difference is that the 300 seem to be trying to win world's public opinion for taming an evil spirit, while the outcasts strive to restore the declined resistance spirit among forgotten majority especially youngsters for any imminent foreign attack.
Another news making 2007 film here in Iran is Ekhrajiha (The Outcasts). The Outcasts is the story of a bad-mannered group of five that join the Iran Iraq war with a non-spiritual intention. They evolve morally and even two of them became Martyrs. Directed by an unknown filmmaker and at the same time a political right wing activist famed for taking hostile acts against his opponents. In his two earlier documentaries, he exceptionally criticized the current situation In Iran. He surprisingly passed over all possible punishments by the system which had not tolerated much minor deeds by others in past. Though the Outcasts satisfies audience who evaluate it a mere comedy, obviously Dehnamaki did not mean only to make people laugh. Then the question is, to whom Dehnamaki is talking. Now that the ruling class: State, Parliament and Judiciary have one voice with the real powers in Iran. Franchised Dehnamaki does not aim to mock anybody, because people whom Ekhrajiha may possibly be satirizing, (i.e. effective policy makers, like influential war veterans) soundly praised the film. Then what could be the message of the movie?
The films Ekhrajiha and 300 have many things but one in common, one to attack one to defend. They both were excellent box office; both directors were beginner in feature films, they both received a wide variety of concerns. The focal difference is that the 300 seem to be trying to win world's public opinion for taming an evil spirit, while the outcasts strive to restore the declined resistance spirit among forgotten majority especially youngsters for any imminent foreign attack.
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