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distort251 · 1 year

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Holy Spider (2022) / Cinematography by Nadim Carlsen

#Holy Spider #عنكبوت مقدس #2022 #film #movie #cinema #cinematography #Ali Abbasi #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #the scene session

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filmap · 1 year

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Holy Spider Ali Abbasi. 2022

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hmzawy · 1 year

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Holy Spider (2022)

Dir. Ali Abbasi

#Ali Abbasi #Holy Spider 2022 #Holy Spider #عنكبوت مقدس #Ankabut-e moqaddas #Mehdi Bajestani #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #Arash Ashtiani

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fictionz · 2 years

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'The moment I realized that I wouldn’t be able to work anymore in Iran, after those things happened, my only motivation to continue living was cinema,' she said. 'I would have died if I stopped working in cinema.'

Irani actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi on exile and a reason to go on

#holy spider #zar amir-ebrahimi #movies #iran #this just struck me because we so often say you are not your job #but sometimes the work really feels like the only reason to continue living

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whileiamdying · 1 year

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Holy Spider review: a brutal serial killer tale

Posted by David Baldwin | Jan 20, 2023 | Reviews

Ali Abassi’s Holy Spider retells the story of Iranian murderer The Spider Killer – but smartly avoids glorifying his actions.

This review contains light spoilers.

Basing a film on the actions of a real life serial killer is a contentious decision for any filmmaker. Most mass murderers yearn for some kind of notoriety, and what easier way to achieve that than being immortalised in popular culture? By depicting their crimes on screen, said filmmaker is effectively giving them exactly what they want. It’s a testament to the skills and sensitivities of director Ali Abbasi that his new film Holy Spider manages to largely avoid that trap by turning the story of the Iranian murderer known as the Spider Killer into something much more far-reaching. The film shifts focus between the characters of a fictionalised journalist named Rahimi (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) and the killer Saeed (Mehdi Bajestani), a former soldier who targets sex workers in the holy city of Mashhad. Rahimi comes up against numerous obstacles solely because of being a woman, whilst it soon becomes clear that there are many in Mashhad who see Saeed’s actions as admirable, effectively cleaning up the streets of ‘unclean’ prostitutes. This is where Holy Spider justifies its existence. Early on, the scenes of women being brutally murdered make it seem like Abbasi is – like many others before him – falling into the trap of celebrating a monster. Yet as the story unfolds we see how misogyny has been weaved into the very fabric of an entire society. Saeed is depicted as a broken and pathetic man, but his crimes are practically deified by those who suggest a higher power has a hand in his violent acts. The two performances from Amir-Ebrahimi and Bajestani are note-perfect, and the way in which Abbasi skilfully blends reality with fantasy ensures that even those familiar with the real life case of the Spider Killer will be questioning where exactly the story will end up. Abbasi even uses that knowledge against the more informed viewer in the film’s latter half, making them question whether he’s willing to offer an alternative history (and ending) for the Spider Killer in order to really make his point. Ultimately though, he doesn’t have to, and Abbasi makes that most apparent in the film’s most galling moment. It’s one saved for the very last, as Saeed’s son – recorded by Rahimi on a handheld camera – matter-of-factly uses his younger sister to demonstrate how his father committed his gruesome crimes, placing his knee on her throat, rolling her body up in a carpet and even suggesting that he would consider following in his father’s bloody footsteps. And why not? His father is a hero. The message is clear. A film like Holy Spider doesn’t need to glorify a monster, because society already has.

Holy Spider is in cinemas now.

#Iran #Cinema #Holy Spider #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #Mehdi Bajestani #Serial Killer

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fieldcinema · 1 year

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Holy Spider, 2022 Dir. Ali Abbasi

#Holy Spider #Ali Abbasi #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #Mehdi Bajestani

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manitat · 1 year

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2022: Holy Spider

#holy spider #ali abbasi #zar amir-ebrahimi

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moviescramble · 1 year

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Holy Spider - Review

There’s something about those five little words, based on a true story, that really draws viewers in. Especially when we feel like we are being given access to a different side of the story. Ali Abbasi’s Holy Spider uses the murderous spree of the “Spider Killer” back in Tehran in the early 2000s as the basis for its narrative. In real life, the killer took the lives of sixteen sex workers. We…

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#Ali Abbasi #Arash Ashtiani #crime drama #crime thriller #Forouzan Jamshidnejad #Iranian cinema #Mehdi Bajestani #Sina Parvaneh #Streaming Services #True Crime #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi

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sweetsmellosuccess · 1 year

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It's pleasant to think, in a year in which seven of the top 10 highest grossing films were CGI fests (with two more animated), actual human performances still count for something toward a film's viability (if not financial success).

Amid a field of tentacles, ray blasts, swooping capes, and giggling little yellow people, these very un-digitally enhanced depictions of characters thrown into one extreme or another stayed with me long after the film ended. Sometimes secret identities don't have to involve a heroic alter-ego.

Reasonable minds can agree that Cate Blanchett ("Tár"), Michelle Yeoh ("Everything Everywhere All at Once"), and Brendan Fraser ("The Whale") were excellent, and remain worthy Oscar favorites, but you likely already know about them. While we're here, I would be remiss if I didn't also give a significant shout out to Eddie Redmayne ("The Good Nurse"), Aubrey Plaza ("Emily the Criminal"), Bella Ramsey ("Catherine Called Birdy"), Park Hae-il ("Decision to Leave") and Bill Nighy ("Living"), each of whom were equally wonderful and also belong on such a list.

That bit of business taken care of, let's dig a bit deeper and find some brilliant individual performances you might not have caught already.

#sweet smell of success #ssos #piers marchant #films #movies #oscars 2023 #best performances #christopher abbott #margaret qualley #sanctuary #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #holy spider #dale dickey #a love song #rebecca hall #resurrection #paul mescal #aftersun

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screenzealots · 1 year

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"Shayda"

An intimate story of female empowerment and endurance in a cultural system that often treats females as second class citizens. #Shayda #Sundance2023

The tenacity of a mother’s love provides the strong foundation for writer / director Noora Niasari‘s “Shayda,” a harrowing portrait of an Iranian woman who is doing her best to make the most of a terrible situation. This intimate story is one of female empowerment and endurance in a cultural system that often treats females as second class citizens. Shayda (Zar Amir-Ebrahimi) is a young mother…

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#Noora Niasari #Osamah Sami #Selina Zahednia #Sundance #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi

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porquevi · 1 year

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"Holy Spider" (idem) - cinema.

O diretor Ali Abassi é o mesmo de "Borders", filme que me surpreendeu uns dois anos atrás. Assim já fiquei com vontade de assistir esse novo. Além disso, a história de prostitutas assassinadas no Irã me pareceu interessante. Esse país árabe vive atualmente momentos conturbados depois da morte terrível de uma garota.

depois de ver: filme pesado e cruel. para estômagos fortes. mas necessário e atual. impressionante como nos últimos anos essa realidade parece se aproximar cada vez mais da nossa.

#Holy Spider #cinema #Ali Abbasi #2022 #Zar Amir-Ebrahimi #Arash Ashtiani #Mehdi Bajestani #Forouzan Jamshidnejad

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gael-garcia · 2 months

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