Shahram Mokri was born in 1978 in Kermanshah, Iran. After graduating from Tehran’s Soureh College, he has made eight TV dramas, two TV series and over 20 short features. His second feature “Fish & Cat” won the prestigious Orizzonti Award for innovative content during the 70th Venice International Film Festival.
His fourth feature “Careless Crime” was selected at this year’s Orizzonti competition at Venice Film Festival and based on a tragic incident which happened in Iran in the 1970s.
In an interview with Amp, Shahram Mokri talks about the background of his movie, its narrative style as well as the cast of “Careless Crime”.
“Careless Crime” is based on a specific incident which happened in Iran in the 1970s. Could you explain what happened and why this event is relevant for your film?
This is a story which is very important in my home country, especially for cinema. If you...
His fourth feature “Careless Crime” was selected at this year’s Orizzonti competition at Venice Film Festival and based on a tragic incident which happened in Iran in the 1970s.
In an interview with Amp, Shahram Mokri talks about the background of his movie, its narrative style as well as the cast of “Careless Crime”.
“Careless Crime” is based on a specific incident which happened in Iran in the 1970s. Could you explain what happened and why this event is relevant for your film?
This is a story which is very important in my home country, especially for cinema. If you...
- 9/23/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Filming a long, extended take in a movie is one of the best ways to win some acclaim and show off a bit of your directorial prowess. But it’s often so complex and so ambitious that still only a handful of directors have ever dared make their movie to appear as though it was filmed in one continuous, unbroken shot. Sam Mendes is the latest mad man to attempt the feat for his World War I epic “1917,” and boy did he nail it. Here are some other films that helped pave the way for him.
“Rope” (1948)
The master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock was the first to attempt a single-take feature film, taking on a radical experiment with a big budget and A-list stars that included James Stewart. His movie “Rope” was inspired by a play by Patrick Hamilton and concerned a pair of men who murdered someone, hid his...
“Rope” (1948)
The master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock was the first to attempt a single-take feature film, taking on a radical experiment with a big budget and A-list stars that included James Stewart. His movie “Rope” was inspired by a play by Patrick Hamilton and concerned a pair of men who murdered someone, hid his...
- 12/23/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
As the year draws to a close, cinematic lists abound, with the likes of Boyhood, Grand Budapest Hotel and Under The Skin playing leapfrog depending on the top 10 you look at. But what about the films you didn't see? There has never been more choice in UK cinemas, with more films being released each month than there are days to see them in - 40 in December and even more than that in November - but it's still incredibly tough for even great films to make it to market. Eye For Film's writers have picked some of their favourites from the festival circuit that deserve distribution but, at the moment, will not be coming to a cinema near you in 2015....
Andrew Robertson writes...
Fish And Cat Fish And Cat (Mahi Va Gorbeh) (2013)
It's easy to joke about Iranian cinema's fondness for kite-flying, but it works here to explain the film -.
Andrew Robertson writes...
Fish And Cat Fish And Cat (Mahi Va Gorbeh) (2013)
It's easy to joke about Iranian cinema's fondness for kite-flying, but it works here to explain the film -.
- 12/28/2014
- by Amber Wilkinson, Anton Bitel, Rebecca Naughten, Michael Pattison, Andrew Robertson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Fish & Cat (Mahi va Gorbeh)
Written and directed by Shahram Mokri
Iran, 2013
The narrative, as it were, of Fish & Cat is told through what appears to be one long, continuous roving shot lasting over two hours in length, in the mode of cinematic experiment popularised by Aleksandr Sokurov’s Russian Ark in 2002. It employs a time-warp motif for the conceit, doubling back on what it has previously shown, either immediately before or sometimes much earlier in the film, to focus in on new topics. Additionally, while single-take experiments like both Silent House horror features may follow a lone protagonist venturing through a given locale, Shahram Mokri’s film crisscrosses between multiple characters across a fairly large plain, weaving its way through both the present and flashbacks while still under the guise of a sustained real time shot, even as space-time paradoxes become something of a regular feature.
A real-life incident...
Written and directed by Shahram Mokri
Iran, 2013
The narrative, as it were, of Fish & Cat is told through what appears to be one long, continuous roving shot lasting over two hours in length, in the mode of cinematic experiment popularised by Aleksandr Sokurov’s Russian Ark in 2002. It employs a time-warp motif for the conceit, doubling back on what it has previously shown, either immediately before or sometimes much earlier in the film, to focus in on new topics. Additionally, while single-take experiments like both Silent House horror features may follow a lone protagonist venturing through a given locale, Shahram Mokri’s film crisscrosses between multiple characters across a fairly large plain, weaving its way through both the present and flashbacks while still under the guise of a sustained real time shot, even as space-time paradoxes become something of a regular feature.
A real-life incident...
- 6/22/2014
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
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