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Not too much notice seems to have been taken of the bombs that exploded during the shooting of Samira Makhmalbaf's new film. So, here's a link to a new interview with the director and some other news items.

Wow, that's horrible, thanks for the link. Taliban and Muslim extremists aren't exactly big fans of the cinema, so her inability to understand why an extremist would do that seems puzzling.

And is she suggesting that the Western countries presently there are actively supporting the Taliban to keep the war going? Or is it a thinly veiled reference to Iran's possible support of pro-Taliban fighters?

In any event, I can't wait to see the film, talk about suffering for your art form.

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I like this:

I think life is void and everyone fills it in their own way. I do it with cinema. This is the only amusing doll remaining for me from my childhood.

Oops, I should know better not to write posts while inebriated.

Q: Who threw this bomb?

Samira: It still remains a question for me. Who and why? I ask myself why don't they let us make films in our own country? Why do they throw bombs at our camera in Afghanistan? Why do they offer money to the head of a festival in Italy not to screen my father's film? Are these and other incidences that I can not mention all related? It is only clear that whoever threw the bomb intended to terrorize. Whose benefits are we jeopardizing by our filmmaking?

#-o

Really, you can't expect anything less if you make a movie in a war zone. I'm guessing she thought her ethnicity would protect her, but this only shows a lack of regard for the safety of her cast and crew. Not impressed.

A recent advert in trade magazine Screen International has said that shooting has now been completed.

FSimeoni wrote:A recent advert in trade magazine Screen International has said that shooting has now been completed.

You mean the war's over?