Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

Kayden This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

mel-301 Sorry for my bad English, this movie is a super master piece luxury filmed in scope in Iran (I can't understand how they did it), about repressed people who want to make a techno pop concert in Teheran. the movie is incredibly sad but no boring at all. How could they film such a "transgressive" movie in the same country with that bizarre, boring and unpresentable president and goberment is a mystery for us.Iran is a completely different example of what we think as "moshlim" country. People there have been always the best cultured and intellectual people in the region and this movie shows perfectly the anguish they are suffering after the tiranic dictature of this crazy clown, who rules him in such a despotic way.Then I want to know...was this movie filmed in Iran? How they did it?

annamaria_9 Outstanding; Iran's got SOME TALENT! all the music is smart, rich and exotic.The image!! JUST PERFECT! Such a GREAT FILM!I loved the choice of rushes along with the songs. Bahaman Ghobadi! You became one of my idols along with kiarostami !! The cast: I have a problem with Negar. She really has to show some more feelings and energy in her acting she has a weaker singing voice than all the rest of musicians. She needs to work on her articulations and her voice. Ashcan was good, Nader was off the hook, amazing! All the bands are Great however 2 musical performances gave me goose bumps: Mirza band's Emshab and Rana Farhan's Drunk with love. The movie is a success and is worth all the prizes it won. Iranian cinema is a school itself. Not only i have respect to the cinema in Iran, after watching this movie I got captivated by the exotic and rich music they have. Censure and prohibition in their case helped their works and they were strong enough to rise above and come up with such exquisite art full of taste, feelings and professionalism. Thumbs up Iran!

thisissubtitledmovies It is easy to become complacent and apathetic about the power of artistic expression in a pop culture soaked world such as our own. Director Bahman Ghobadi is a member of the third generation of Iranian New Wave cinema which is an important force in the cultural climate of the country. Far from being purely a commercial entity, Iranian cinema has become the main medium through which Iranians can access modernity and formulate a national identity outside proscriptive religious values. No One Knows About Persian Cats does not end optimistically and represents a generation of disenfranchised youth and talent. Many aspire to leave Iran, as, at present, this is their only option to achieve their artistic goals, but what the film does prove is that art, culture and music can thrive even under the most hostile of circumstances. SR

romanticianus What happens when u want to win some prizes? For sure you have to know, understand and refine what u do according to the criteria the game is based on. This is a normal routine when Iranian directors try to make a movie. They do not make films for their local audience or for the main goal of cinema industry, which is entertainment. They just want to be concerned as award-winners. // "No one knows about Persian cats" follows exactly the same procedure, giving the foreign audience the most pleasing sense: "Aaah, them ones. Look how pitiful they are, and feel the pressure the elite ones are under". Actually, I myself do not deny the pressure or the absurdness of an ideological government. But this is not the point here. In the case of "No one knows about Persian cats", I want to raise a simple question: WHERE IS CINEMA? // To make the question of this review more clear, I have to ask some other questions: "Can someone take a camera, shoot some scenes, add up some music to it and call it a film? Do we call the shots taken in a birthday party a movie? What are the ingredients that make a film?" // Using old-fashioned techniques of documentary-type shooting, and adding it to good forbidden music are the keys used to make this movie, no matter whether the picture and music match each other or not, because they just have to match the award-winning criteria. And then comes the question: is it enough? For sure not. You have to add a dramatic ending to that, which may be a suicide, or even two! Now We have the guarantee to win. // Good luck Mr. Ghobadi. Enjoy your trip!