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Nezam Manouchehri also played in Deserted Station in 2002

Deserted Station is a good movie too and I'd recomment it.  Says made in 2002.

http://www.netflix.com/Movie/The_Deserted_Station/70002263?strackid=419cdf12b3d7ab33_0_srl&strkid=309858936_0_0&lnkctr=srchrd-sr&trkid=222336

Everything is sacred.

Letters from Amrika

In general documentaries are hard to be intimate, for an obvious reason; they are documentaries, but "Letters from America" is as intimate as a documentary can get. Nezam Manoochehri's film is a personal journey, so we can not argue how this representation differs from reality, and of course the closer film comes to reproducing reality, the less room there is in which the artist can create his effects.Is it possible to be a realist and still story-teller? He knows language of cinema. Was he successful? Most of the time. Character selection was successful at times with a hidden wit, and sometimes a bit too long. I enjoyed watching it, although it could use a better editing. 

Good film

Thank you for the review. I saw this film at the San Francisco Iranian Film Festival. The film has a look at us and at America which is honest. As narrator of his own film, Mr. Manouchehri seemed vulnerable and real. Some things in the film changed for the worse, such as US' economic conditions, but some things may have changed for the better, such as Obama's election. I have also seen the World in Between with Jason Rezaeian. That was a good film, too. I'll try and see Letters from Iran now. Everyone should support independent films made by and about Iranians.

I already did..

..forward the clip, contact info and your write up, to Mr. Fishkin of Christopher B. Smith/Rafael Theatre, who also organizes the Mill Valley and Tiburon Film Festivals. And I will follow up until I get a positive answer out of him :o)

Thanks

Dear Yolanda, Red Wine, Monda, Ebi, and Shahnaz Jan,

Thank you so much for your kind and supportive words, as usual. It is an important film which documents our days and times in the US. Letters from America can be ordered by writing to info@paradisa.org.

The best kind of help to this independent filmmaker is to help him show his film to others. If you know of anyone or any institution who might wish to organize a viewing, please tell them to contact Mr. Manouchehri at info@paradisa.org .

Dear MPD

The way I do photo essays is to send the numbered photographs and line by line descriptions for them (e.g. #2: "I was late to the show.") to Jahanshah. He puts the photo essays together. I don't think twenty photographs would be too hard to do. I can't wait to see your photo essay!

Dear Bijan A M

Thank you. You are very kind. Bijan, I_A_M your advocate all the time!

so very true .......

"I  wonder whether it’s the many parallels the filmmaker’s life has had with mine, almost telling my story in his film, or whether it is the fact that as a community and a group of displaced Iranians, romantically calling ourselves “The Iranian diaspora,” we have a million common wounds which cover our soul and would not stop throbbing and aching unless we place ourselves in the company of others like ourselves, telling and hearing our stories with our different voices and textures"!

Nicely done Nazy jan!

Shahnaz

Nazy Jaan

Sepaas for sharing.

Ebi aka Haaji

Beautiful photo essay!

On a movie which I badly wanted to see. Got there very late (spent 45 mins looking for parking spot - my fault, should've left sooner)

Good thing you reminded me to order my copy right away. 

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I enjoyed like always ... Thank you Nazy jan .

Hi Nazy,

What do I have to do if I want to post some pictures, about 20, with some explantions, like you did with yours.  Is it a lot of work?

Thank you for your Photo Essay,

WOW.....

What a great tribute to an artist in such elegantly prepared pictory. Well done Ms. Kaviani. I'll make sure to get the film and watch it.

I would love to have you on my side.....you are such a great advocate.

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Thank you for all the captions. #43 is my favorite 'cause it looks very Persian.

http://www.iranian.com/main/image/86984

There seems to be some discrepancy, the picture number has shifted by one....when I click on #43 thumbnail, the full picture is numbered as 42....very strange...