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Films: My cinema passion was initiated around age
15, when me and my cousin Omid learned about the beautiful world of
movies. This was in early 1990s when Iranian cinema was attracting
world's attention towards its golden products. Certainly my film taste
was affected by heavy influence of the independent and self-reflexive cinema due to its
popularity in Iranian film circles. Furthermore, my passion towards cinema and also orchestral music were merged together under the art of film music
20 memorable movies (with no specific ordering):
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Cinema Paradiso (Tornatore: Italy, 1989) |
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Kramer vs. Kramer (Benton: USA, 1979) |
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White Balloon (Panahi: Iran, 1994) |
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The Sea Inside (Amenábar: Spain, 2004) |
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Amelie (Jeunet: France, 2001) |
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Eternity and a Day (Angelopoulos: Greece, 1995) |
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21 Grams (Inarittu:USA, 2004) |
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Sacrifice (Tarkovsky: Sweden, 1986) |
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Chocolat (Hallstrom: USA, 2000) |
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Modern Times (Chaplin: USA, 1936) |
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The Mother (Hatami: Iran, 1990) |
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Sideways(Payne: USA, 2004) |
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Once upon a time cinema (Makhmalbaf: Iran, 1992) |
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Once upon a time in America (Leone: Italy, USA, 1984) |
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Under the skin of City (Banietemad: Iran, 2000) |
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Bashu (Beizaie: Iran, 1985) |
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East/West (Wargnier: France, 1999) |
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Close up (Kiarostami: Iran, 1990) |
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Taking Sides (Szabo: Hungary:2001) |
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Before Sunset (Linklater: USA, 2004) |
Music: Since age 16, the Italian film composer, Ennio
Morricone has been constantly my top favorite composer. There are
other composers like Hans Zimmer or John Williams that I like certain
pieces of their works. In the fantastic world of classical music,
Beethoven, Rachmaninov and Mozart are my top favorites. I also enjoy
folk and traditional music of Eastern Europe and the Middle Eastern countries.
Cooking: In the recent years I have developed my skills of Persian cooking and so far I'm capable of preparing couple of difficult Persian stews. Stay tuned for more
updates!!
News and WWW: I should admit that I am obsessed with the news media and following current affairs of the world. If you know me enough, you should know that my day starts and ends with following the current affairs (news, editorials, weblogs, etc.) from around the globe. Luckily my arrival into the world society happened around the same time that Internet grew exponentially around the world and an infinite information space became accessible. I guess this Internet passion and obsession is becoming a world wide phenomenon for many of people. Think about yourself! Right now you're reading the personal page of a random guy! You should really be obsessed with the Internet to spend your time like this!!
