Aired movie under spotlight – ‘Queen’

‘Queen’, aired a few weeks ago, is a movie much reviewed by Iranian critics; we thought you deserve a share, in the following few installments. Here’s the first part.

The 8-year imposed war by US-backed dictator Saddam, against the revolutionary Iranian nation, affected the people to a great extent. It was a demanding one, with a huge toll, say around three hundred thousand. But all in all, it left a heritage. Although films that depict war, with all the action scenes, showing scenes of fight and battle, excess excitement, and so on and so forth, would guarantee any film in the genre would sell, but those flicks that take a different perspective on war, also grabbed the audience and critics’ attention, as the latter group puts it. We’ll go over some here.

CRITIC 1 – Omid Askari (part c)

The scene, in which a blast wave turns Siavash’s comrade mad, is one of the best depictions and cases of acting, over the contemporary history of Iran’s cinema. The story plot goes through a salient turning point, an attractive one. I can describe it as an orchestra, one of love and friendship, peace and tranquility, and fighting for survival. Siavash symbolizes one of us, amidst the fight back in the middle of the battlefield. The screenplay has got an identity, which has a beginning, middle and ending. You’re stunned right off the bat. He is neither a basher, nor a hero. He’s a layman in a battlefield scene; an event that is a prelude to battle. He fights, and then kneels down before the same person; that’s what he has got on his mind.

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