This is the first post in a series chronicling my thoughts on the best working writer-directors in the filmmaking business.
30. Asghar Farhadi
Farhadi’s movies may be in Farsi, but his characters are universal. His scripts and way of shooting are grounded in a realistic style that is simultaneously absorbing yet balanced. If the purpose of art is to give us empathy, then Asghar Farhadi is a great artist.
Suggested movie: A Separation (2011). See more of my thoughts on that film here.
French affiche for PARIS, TEXAS (Wim Wenders, West Germany/USA, 1984)
Artist: Guy Peellaert (1934-2008) [see also]
Mr. Krabs is 70 years old.
His eyes are green
he’s 7 inches tall
Pump Up the Volume - Assuming you haven’t seen it because for most of the folks on...
