tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post3688015854922017301..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Directors of the Decade: Ramin BahraniNATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-90422091583600950282011-07-02T17:30:14.960-04:002011-07-02T17:30:14.960-04:00Very nice write up. I met Mr. Bahrani and Mr. Raz...Very nice write up. I met Mr. Bahrani and Mr. Razvi at, wait for it, a small Asian film festival in Pittsburgh a few years back when they were doing the circuit for Man Push Cart. I remember liking them both very much and having an interesting conversation with them on the film. It is rare to have the opportunity to pick the brains of "the talent" like that, and I did appreciate their generosity. I am sorry to say, I haven't followed up watching any other of their films yet, but plan to do so now that you've reminded me. Thanks so much!Jenny K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-62702684171922794322009-10-28T18:36:17.786-04:002009-10-28T18:36:17.786-04:00I watched all of his films over the summer. I woul...I watched all of his films over the summer. I would say Goodbye Solo > Man Push Cart > Chop Shop. I loved them all though. <br /><br />Goodbye Solo is my favorite film of 2009 so far, by a lot.Eric Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15171008371689012165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-47131819148904588902009-10-23T11:32:21.142-04:002009-10-23T11:32:21.142-04:00Whoa. Never heard of this guy in my life. Off to...Whoa. Never heard of this guy in my life. Off to IMDB now.Johnnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32055320097780386472009-10-23T05:50:03.774-04:002009-10-23T05:50:03.774-04:00Robert - Oh , ok, I see, thanks for clearing that ...Robert - Oh , ok, I see, thanks for clearing that up! Great write up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-59679007734826968232009-10-23T00:39:47.301-04:002009-10-23T00:39:47.301-04:00very surprised as well as many others to see him l...very surprised as well as many others to see him listed. but i see him doing big things in the future; i felt goodbye solo was a big jump up from chop shop and man push cartWillnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-31420679120501321932009-10-22T23:04:41.075-04:002009-10-22T23:04:41.075-04:00Hooman - you're right about his films premieri...Hooman - you're right about his films premiering in big festivals. But they often go on to smaller festivals where, quite understandably, they're found to be the best film there.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178975866741187681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-44966652825403629452009-10-22T22:57:03.167-04:002009-10-22T22:57:03.167-04:00Oh, also Bahrani has also made a new 18min short f...Oh, also Bahrani has also made a new 18min short film PLASTIC BAG which premiered in Venice, Telluride and New York FF 2009 and features the voice of Werner Herzog in the leading role.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-71058357606485045082009-10-22T22:49:45.162-04:002009-10-22T22:49:45.162-04:00Great review and happy to see his listing. However...Great review and happy to see his listing. However, I am uneasy about the term of "awards from a handful of smaller festivals", considering all of his films have premiered at either Cannes or Venice! (Not to mention the Fipresci International Critics Award for MPC in London and for Goodbye Solo at Venice).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-10861354479940839532009-10-22T22:44:22.550-04:002009-10-22T22:44:22.550-04:00He's great, and I agree that CHOP SHOP is his ...He's great, and I agree that CHOP SHOP is his best, an unsanitized, more heartfelt and altogether superior picture to its more popular cousin, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. They really are quite similar narratively, though couldn't be more different tonally. A boy and his buddy struggle to make ends in one of the biggest cities in the world by any means necessary, navigating the unpredictable adult population all for the hope of providing for the girl he loves. Rather than a silly movie romantic love, it's for the love of his older sister, who suffers much the same fate as Latika in SLUMDOG. No slight to the entertaining enough SLUMDOG, but watching this movie really puts things into perspective.Jeff GPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12358220039858658210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-39429816763280465262009-10-22T21:22:25.102-04:002009-10-22T21:22:25.102-04:00neo-neorealism.... I love it!neo-neorealism.... I love it!Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178975866741187681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-32470893426987808532009-10-22T20:27:51.378-04:002009-10-22T20:27:51.378-04:00I've only seen Chop Shop, and was unimpressed....I've only seen Chop Shop, and was unimpressed.Arkaannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-57024288704543531502009-10-22T19:47:43.474-04:002009-10-22T19:47:43.474-04:00Yes! "Chop Shop" made my top 10 last ye...Yes! "Chop Shop" made my top 10 last year and "Goodbye Solo" is easily in my top 2 this year (with "The Hurt Locker"). I love his style, which the NYTimes dubbed "the neo-neorealism).Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02998101864589973621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-53161742241201368512009-10-22T18:05:46.925-04:002009-10-22T18:05:46.925-04:00Yes!!! Thank you for this. Probably the best new d...Yes!!! Thank you for this. Probably the best new director this decade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-22091675739428375282009-10-22T17:15:02.583-04:002009-10-22T17:15:02.583-04:00brian he is indeed a blind spot for me. well, i ca...<b>brian</b> he is indeed a blind spot for me. well, i can SEE him. I mean I know <i>of</i> him since that's my job but i've been remiss in actually watching something.<br /><br />must make effort.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-26396735560941445532009-10-22T16:15:36.280-04:002009-10-22T16:15:36.280-04:00Great to see him listed. Definitely one of this d...Great to see him listed. Definitely one of this decade's greats and I can't wait to see what he does next.<br /><br />Is he a blindspot for Nathaniel? I can't remember him making any mention of having seen any of his films.<br /><br />-brianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-77224207610132996342009-10-22T16:02:01.475-04:002009-10-22T16:02:01.475-04:00I recently saw Goodbye Solo which may be the only ...I recently saw <i>Goodbye Solo</i> which may be the only film he has directed that I've seen, but I thought it was simply wonderful. I really should check out his other works, I suppose.Ryan T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11249768784800120083noreply@blogger.com