Sex and Philosophy

Film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

A 40 year old man who has celebrated his birthday alone by himself invites his four lovers to a dance class that he teaches in order to search for the roots of his own loneliness and by reminiscing the memories of how each of his love affairs were evolved and diminished, he realizes that the more the contemporary world has become sexually oriented the farther it has moved away from love >>> makhmalbaf.com

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neouser

Mohsen "Sex & Philosophy" Soundtrack

by neouser on Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:58 PM PDT

Hi Ari , thank you for Vanessa Mae link .
Ari have you had any luck finding the rest of music trucks used in film ? I know one of them is a remake of Googoosh song called "ayeryligh" i can email it 2 you if you want.
Ari if you had finding the FIRST track which opens the films i would really be greatful . I'm looking for it for years already . I wrote to Daler and to Mohsen but they never replyed . Desperately want to find it . If you you have ANY INFO on this PLEASE LET ME KNOW .


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Q

Sorry, wrong video

by Q on Wed Feb 18, 2009 03:14 PM PST

Love Makhmalbaf.


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Mohsen Bollywood?!

by Anonymouso (not verified) on Wed Feb 18, 2009 02:40 PM PST

I suppose he wanted to make this scene to be poetic but sorry Mohsen Khan you just made a Bollywood movie!!!! It'll be unfair to judge a movie with a single scene but now I have a hard time convincing myself to go through the pain of finding this movie!


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کارهای مخملباف

هنگامه (not verified)
Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:16 AM PST

من هیچوقت کارهای مخملباف را قبول نداشتم و به عقیده من هر دفعه فیلمهایش از فیلمهای قبلی اش بدتر بوده. البته این فیلم را ندیدم اما از همین یک کلیپ هم می شود حدس زد که چقدر افتضاح است. بدترین فیلم او را در کانادا دیدم. اسم فیلم فریاد مورچه هاست که هم از لحاظ داستان، سناریو و تدوین بسیار ضعیف بود و هم بازیگری هنرپیشه های دست سوم آن فاجعه بار بود. مثلا می خواستند با لخت شدن و عشق بازی جلوی دوربین خودشان را مدرن و امروزی جلوه بدهند. صدرحمت به فیلم فارسی های دوره شاه.


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Ari Siletz

Many thanks Irannostalgia

by Ari Siletz on Wed Feb 18, 2009 09:32 AM PST

Following your lead, I found the Vanessa Mae piece on youtube. Its called "Fantasy on a theme from Caravans."

For a while I got really excited that this could be a homegrown work. But Iran has a ways to go yet in film score.


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Dee M

Now that was hot!!

by Dee M on Wed Feb 18, 2009 04:40 AM PST

In a very pure way!  loved it.


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irannostalgia.com

Vanessa Mae

by irannostalgia.com on Wed Feb 18, 2009 02:08 AM PST

Regarding the music, I think its not original. He just took songs here and there. The violin track we hear in the clip I think is a Vanessa Mae track. In the credits they have these names: Nahid, Daler Nazarof and Vanesa Mai (which could be typical iranian careless with spelling or credits).

 

Even though I'm not a movie fan, there are couple of directors that I follow and one of them is Makhmalbaf.  One of the fun memories in life that I have is when I had american roommates from a little red neck town in Nevada and one day I went to play the  vHS of Gabbeh in the living room, thinking and hoping that I would be watching it alone. But they insisted they wanted to watch it too.   Ha Ha. I tried to warn them, it will be slooooooooooowwwww by Hollywood standards.    I think they were amazed that movies like that exit filmed in the countryside.  They were definitly perplexed.

 

What a shame though that our best directors have to go to Tajikestan to film movies and then they cant even show them in Iran. 

Were even less than Tajikestan.

I

 

//www.irannostalgia.com

irannostalgia.com

 


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Princess

Disappointed.

by Princess on Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:25 AM PST

I saw this film at the London Film Festival a few years ago. Despite being a Makhmalbaf fan, I thought I had wasted a couple of hours of my time. Very tacky! 

 

Editor:

It's directed by the father of course. And unfortunately the full version is just as you are suspecting.

 


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Ari Siletz

Cool clip

by Ari Siletz on Tue Feb 17, 2009 09:16 PM PST

Thanks for sharing Darius. I followed the makhmalbaf link you kindly provided. Do you have more info on the film score team, Nahid Zeinalpur and Daler Nazarov?

Also, 

The flower should have fallen next to the watch. Iwonder why Makhmalbaf chose not to do that.


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which Mehrjoee

by Editor (not verified) on Tue Feb 17, 2009 05:00 PM PST

has directed this? The father, son, daughter or the holly gost?

So far it is below a 3rd grade Indian production, hopefully the full version is not as boring. The editing sucks...


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