just rented this last night.. anyone else seen it, and what were your thoughts?
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Re: Osama
Wed, June 30, 2004 - 12:31 PMIt was a painful education for me. The filmmaker,
shameful I don't remember her name just now,
showed extreme courage to make the film but also
that she did not pull back from the childs fear
& her world. The boy reminded me of the boy in
Shalom Bombay which is also a sad awareness of
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Wed, June 30, 2004 - 12:37 PMAhhh, Baran. That also had the similiar storyline of the girl disguised as a boy to be able to survive, yes. Where she works alongside the men building the brick apartment that is unsafe/illegal. I went to the earlier post to get film names. I watch a lot of movies & read all the time so titles slip from me.
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Re: Osama
Thu, October 21, 2004 - 2:59 AMI watched it with a 10 yr old boy who had no idea what life could be like for an afgan girl .... heavy film with a great DP
For another very interesting to see the Beauty Acadamy of Kabul for a doc look at the region post US invasion
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Tue, November 30, 2004 - 1:02 AMCan I get this on DVD in the US? or is it still pretty new? -
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Re: Osama
Wed, January 26, 2005 - 7:24 PMhello - yes, you can find it in the US. I rented it a few weeks ago. stunning film, I thought.
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Sat, February 19, 2005 - 6:15 PMThe director is a man who went to film school in Russia (I think). He specifically chose non-actors to work with. I liked the film, but the ending was absolutely disappointing. I was too used to Majid Majidi's films (Children of Heaven, Baran, Colors of Paradise) where the ending is depressing, but still contains a sense of hope and redemption. Osama was only depressing.
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Re: Osama
Sat, October 1, 2005 - 1:41 PMexquisitely done........to view the oppression....phewwwwww.
