Comments on: Memories, Dreams & Revolutions http://www.filmwell.org/2009/06/22/memories-dreams-revolutions/ Is This a Film Blog? Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:49:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: About Elly (2009 Chicago International Film Festival) | Filmwell http://www.filmwell.org/2009/06/22/memories-dreams-revolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-928 About Elly (2009 Chicago International Film Festival) | Filmwell Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:53:52 +0000 http://www.filmwell.org/?p=2626#comment-928 [...] Favorite image: friends working together to push a car stuck in the sand on the beach.  Most intriguing image: the opening credits featured the dark, inside perspective of a – what?  a mailbox?  a ballot box?  The latter, of course, would be a most-pregnant image, given recent electoral controversies in Iran, which have been much on my mind. [...] [...] Favorite image: friends working together to push a car stuck in the sand on the beach.  Most intriguing image: the opening credits featured the dark, inside perspective of a – what?  a mailbox?  a ballot box?  The latter, of course, would be a most-pregnant image, given recent electoral controversies in Iran, which have been much on my mind. [...]

]]> By: Jon Trott http://www.filmwell.org/2009/06/22/memories-dreams-revolutions/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Jon Trott Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.filmwell.org/?p=2626#comment-386 Thank you for this insightful post. My only very small observation here -- a hope, really -- is that whatever happens in Iran itself, something lasting may happen regarding how we in America view Iranians. Something subversively good can come of this even if "Neda's Revolution"* fails. And that is that we will perhaps be forced in our own hearts to stop demonizing such a singularly wonderful people, and instead realize who they are. Us. * Neda, the name of the girl who was assassinated, shot through the heart Saturday as she stood next to her father during a protest march. Some have taken to calling current events "Neda's Revolution." Thank you for this insightful post. My only very small observation here — a hope, really — is that whatever happens in Iran itself, something lasting may happen regarding how we in America view Iranians. Something subversively good can come of this even if “Neda’s Revolution”* fails. And that is that we will perhaps be forced in our own hearts to stop demonizing such a singularly wonderful people, and instead realize who they are. Us.

* Neda, the name of the girl who was assassinated, shot through the heart Saturday as she stood next to her father during a protest march. Some have taken to calling current events “Neda’s Revolution.”

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