2 Criterion Collection pick-ups from the Barnes & Noble 50% off sale: 1) NO BEARS (Persian, romanized: Khers Nist, lit. 'There are no bears'; 2022); and 2) TWENTY-FOUR EYES (二十四の瞳, Nijū-shi no hitomi; 1954)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Bears

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Four_Eyes

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No Bears - Wikipedia

Night snailing in the Niigata mountains, Japan. Looking for lefties! #genomics #chirality #asymmetry #snails #nobears 🐻 🤞#japan #maimai #hidarimakimaimai

## No Bears

Of all the TIFF films I've seen this year, No Bears was probably the "slowest" and "least exciting" film of the lot. That's crucial, because it carefully laid out a series of events, allowing ample time to comprehend each in its own context. As we progress, some dots begin to connect. Where they end up is in a mangled wreck of questions - questions of which I'm still unsure of what exactly they're asking.

I'll be watching it again, tonight.

CW: Suicide, violence

2/9

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20205236/

#noBears #film

My ★★★★½ review of #NoBears on Letterboxd

https://boxd.it/3OiDV1

Incredible film! Traveled five kilometers right after watching a movie in Pavilion to watch this in Camp, definitely worth it.

A ★★★★½ review of No Bears (2022)

Incredible that all the jugaad Jafar Panahi needed to take to make a movie like this works great as both 1. Another successful metatextual experiment 2. An incredibly strong and cohesive text.

Award-winning Iranian film director Jafar Panahi writes: "I firmly declare that in protest against the illegal and inhumane behaviour of the judicial and security apparatus and their hostage-taking, I have started a hunger strike since the morning of [1 February]. I will refuse to eat and drink any food and medicine until the time of my release. I will remain in this state until perhaps my lifeless body is freed from prison."

He was arrested in July 2022 and his sentences from 2010 after the Green Revolution were reactivated, despite a 10-year statute of limitations. Granted a retrial, he should be on bail, but this has been blocked.

#JafarPanahi #Iran #Film #NoBears
#MahsaAmini #IranProtests2022 #IranElection

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/02/film-maker-jafar-panahi-begins-hunger-strike-in-iranian-prison

Film-maker Jafar Panahi begins hunger strike in Iranian prison

Panahi says he will not eat until he is released, after lawyer successfully challenged his detention

The Guardian
For the 7th candle of #Hanukkah & #ChristmasEve we went to see Jafar Panahi’s #NoBears
#MustSee
#SharedHumanity #Solidarity
If, like me, you don't really like going to the #movies unless you're sure it's worth your trouble, I'd definitely recommend you go and watch #NoBears (خرس_نیست#) by #JafarPahani. It is a magnificent #trilingual movie showing the weight of traditions in a conservative #patriarcal society, the consequences of taking a #political stance in #Iran and the hardship of life in #exile. (Warning: you should go *only* if you don't feel blue or depressed!) #Farsi #Azerbaijani #Turkish

I've had an enormous glass of red wine. I'm not responsible for anything I toot tonight.

Just going into a screening of #JafarPanahi's #NoBears

Jafar Panahi's latest film "No Bears" won the Venice Film Festival Special Jury Prize in September 2022.

After his arrest in July 2022, Panahi was sentenced to six years imprisonment for "propaganda against the regime". He had expressed solidarity with previously arrested film makers Mohammad Rasoulof and Mustafa Al-Ahmad.

#JafarPanahi #NoBears #MohammadRasoulof #MustafaAlAhmad #Iran #Film

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No Bears - Wikipedia