DVD
Taxi = Tāksī
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In Farsi, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Jafar Panahi.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (81 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Internationally acclaimed director Jafar Panahi has been officially banned from filmmaking since 2010. In a courageous act of artistic and political defiance he has made three features since then: This is Not a Film (2011), Closed Curtain (2013), and now Jafar Panahi's Taxi. In Taxi, he drives a yellow cab through the vibrant streets of Tehran, picking up a diverse (and yet representative) group of passengers in a single day. Each man, woman, and child candidly expresses his or her own view of the world, while being interviewed by the curious and gracious driver/director. His camera, placed on the dashboard of his mobile film studio, captures a spirited slice of Iranian society while also brilliantly redefining the borders of comedy, drama and cinema."--Container.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 2015.
Bonus feature: Trailer.