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She is the perpetrator, not the victim, and possesses agency and power that would not be typically reserved for her in an environment such as Bad City. In this way, the film has feminist leanings. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night takes place in "the Iranian ghost-town Bad City" and depicts the doings of "a lonesome vampire".
She doesn't tell him her name, but tells him that yesterday's song was Lionel Richie's.He says that sometimes sad songs hit the stop. Arash says that he knows something else about her. He caresses her ear and he tells her that her earrings are not pierced.
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In terms of aesthetic and artistic elements, the movie works perfectly and endorses a really unique environment. In terms of behavior, "The Girl" acts as the best vampire I have ever seen on screen. To post ratings/reviews we need a username. This is what will appear next to your ratings and reviews.
A joyful mash-up of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the Iranian New Wave. As a lonesome young female vampire who's had to get a bit creative with the locals from time to time. Shot in black and white with slow direction and fantastic lighting this modern vampire love story gives a slightly different interpretation on the popular teenage vampire genre.
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When I see a film made after the 1960s made in black-and-white it makes me weary at first. Some films do it as a gimmick, others to make it seem more artsy then other indie films, and some use it with purpose. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night thankfully is the latter of these scenarios and a wonderful debut feature length film for it's director, Ana Lily Amirpour. The film is a blend of horror, western films, film noir, and romance all mashed into one creatively original piece of cinema. It revolves around a small group of characters and their relationships.
The Girl passes them by without bothering them, but Saeed seems to notice in an unconscious way. The Girl is wearing a hijab veil and silently walks by. This startles Saeed, who pushes Atti out of the car without paying her, telling her to stop crying and calling her a hag. You are not allowed to view this material at this time. There is a 75 character minimum for reviews.
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She persuades Saeed to take her back to his apartment. While there, she grows long fangs and first bites off his finger, then goes for his neck, killing him. As she leaves, she passes by Arash, who has come to offer the earrings for his car. He finds Saeed dead, and takes back his car keys along with a suitcase of drugs and cash. Arash decides to sell the drugs, allowing him to quit his job working for Shaydah. Later, he goes to a costume party at a night club dressed up as Dracula, where he is persuaded by Shaydah into taking one of the ecstasy pills he is selling.
I won't spoil the film by telling details about each and every character, suffice it to say that they are well layered and complex. This film really excels in its character development and cinematography which is beautifully done and really aids the atmosphere and creates a unique style for the film. While the film really is a mash up of genres it feels much like a low key horror film with a focus on atmosphere and tone rather than gore and jump cuts. Most modern horror films employ the latter to get a very surface level rise out of the viewers, often losing the whole point in effective horror elements.
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Arash pets Masuka while the attache and its contents are by its side. Ashad waits outside while smoking a cigarette. The Girl leaves and Arash enters the flat. He stares at Saeed's blood-stained dead body. He uses the opportunity to retrieve his car keys. In a attache he finds cocaine and a gun.
Just leave us a message here and we will work on getting you verified. Hossein wonders why Arash won't eat his fried eggs for breakfast. Arash tells that he has known a girl who he doesn't know her name of. Saeed is showing off his car in front of a prostitute called Atti (Mozhan Marnò), who gets into his car. They have sex in the middle of a deserted parking lot.
Solutions Video marketing Create and promote branded videos, host live events and webinars, and more. Director Ana Lily Amirpour, who bears a somewhat similar resemblance to Sheila Vand actually performed the skateboarding sequences in the film for the the long shots.
We are usually left with a bloody and shallow horror piece devoid of any real sense of dread and that showcase the filming techniques employed and the environments used. If you like horror films or really anything unique and original that keeps you guessing, then this is a great piece of film that is a refreshing change of pace from most modern horror schlock out there. The Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps, and other sordid souls, is a place that reeks of death and hopelessness, where a lonely vampire is stalking the towns' most unsavory inhabitants. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom...blood red.The first Iranian Vampire Western, Ana Lily Amirpour's debut feature basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp.
The project ended up with a total sum of $56,903 raised by 290 backers. Rockabilly, a gender-bending, minor background character who exists on the fringe of Bad City throughout the duration of the movie, acts as a silent observer to the events around them. Director Amirpour states that "If there's one political thing , it's not the chador, it's Rockabilly, because it's not okay to be gay in Iran." Visually and musically a cotton-candy fest. It reminds me atmospherically of spike lee's summer of sam minus the dialogue.
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