All the actors were unknown to me but every single one put in a great performance. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the iranian new wave. Ana lily amirpour is an iranianamerican film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Meet the woman who directed the worlds only iranian vampire. Amirpour has written a comic book chronicling life in bad city before the events of a girl walks home alone at night to be simultaneously released with the film. A girl walks home alone at night takes our modern anxieties about female sexuality and turns them on their head by making the lone girl the subject of fear into the predator. A girl walks home alone at night is a wonderfully original, and scrumptiously clever, film that dismantles traditional notions of genre and gender in an invigorating way. A girl walks home alone at night smart bitches, trashy books. We like vampires because we hate death the new republic. Sheila vand in a girl walks home alone at night the new. That buzzy strapline doesnt account for half the pleasures to be found in this silkily strange little film. Nov 30, 2014 australian director jennifer kent sics an evil figure with a hat and claws on an emotionally distraught single mom and son in the babadookin theaters now, and a girl walks home alone at night. It confidently marks the arrival of a director who audiences should keep an eye on. A girl walks home alone at night, in theaters now, is one of the coolest movies of the year.
A girl walks home alone at night a film by ana lily amirpour official selection sundance film festival 2014 2014 99 minutes color in farsi with english subtitles a kino lorber release kino lorber, inc. After working on her film a girl walks home alone at night for a year, no sooner did the writerdirector arrive in park city than she slipped on some ice and cracked open her forehead. Indian horse 2017, the dressmaker 2015, a girl walks home alone at night 2014, paterson 2016. The first iranian vampire western, ana lily amirpours debut feature a girl walks home alone at night basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. Inky blacks constantly threaten to overwhelm any sense of light, even as fluorescent whites expand past their source. Ana lily amirpours cool, comic film, in which a young female vampire roams the nighttime. Death is the answer ana lily amirpour, jon conrad, ben conrad, michael deweese, patrick brosseau on. A girl walks home alone at night has such an intriguing central imagea female vampire identified only as the girl sheila vand, who prowls the streets of an imaginary persian township, dressed in a chador and a breton stripe topthat one wishes it were a better film. Shot in a woozy blackandwhite widescreen that recalls a lot, but expresses little, a girl is best appreciated as a kind.
Jan 23, 2015 a girl walks home alone at night is a wonderfully original, and scrumptiously clever, film that dismantles traditional notions of genre and gender in an invigorating way. Nov 20, 2014 my other complaint is a lack of backstory on this elusive and nameless girl, but ask and ye shall receive. My other complaint is a lack of backstory on this elusive and nameless girl, but ask and ye shall receive. Jul 24, 2015 director ana lily amirpour may well avoid such a fate with her striking debut feature a girl walks home alone at night, hailed in its press release as the first iranian vampire western, if. A girl walks home alone at night book series 2 books 2 books. Marnie a girl walks home alone at night lyrics genius. Ana lily amirpours a girl walks home alone at night. Her nighttime walk from her stand up gig to her front door, across. Jan 21, 2015 a girl walks home alone at night buy or rent. The shadow in the chador vampires are superlonely, which is so romantic, said ana lily amirpour, director of a girl walks home alone at night. A super special mention to the lead actress, she was spell binding to watch.
A girl walks home alone at night expresses these dualities in purely visual terms, through static and handheld camerawork the latter in sudden moments of agitation and anger and especially its gorgeous monochromatic palette. As if the vampire genre hasnt exhausted the cinema, the selfdescribed iranian vampire spaghetti western a girl walks home alone at night is a fright flick worth experiencing. A girl walks home alone at night is a western vampire noir set in a small fictional iranian town called bad city that has an effortlessly cool soundtrack featuring music from artists such as kiosk, radio tehran, white lies, farah and federale. Spaghetti westerns, 1950s juvenile delinquent movies, gearhead movies, teenage romcoms, the iranian new wave. Une femme est une femme a 1961 french film directed by jeanluc godard, featuring anna karina, jeanpaul belmondo. Ever since premiering in the next program at the 2014 sundance film festival, writerdirector ana lily amirpours stunning feature debut a girl walks home alone at night has been riding a. Written and directed by ana lily amirpour, the film stars sheila vand as a chadorwearing vampire. A striking vampire film deserves to be among the best. Australian director jennifer kent sics an evil figure with a hat and claws on an emotionally distraught single mom and son in the babadookin theaters now. The movie, which opened this past weekend, was filmed in.
Nov 21, 2014 along with jarmusch, a girl walks home alone at night is steeped in other influences. How does a girl walks home alone at night defy western. World premiere at the 2014 sundance film festival new directorsnew films opening night selection 2014. Screens a girl walks home along at night begins its exclusive run at the tiff bell lightbox. We are fortunate here to get a rich piece that rewards its viewers with complex ideas and a unique flavor, and.
This startles saeed, who pushes atti out of the car without paying her, telling her to stop crying and calling. Review a girl walks home alone at night weird, wild stuff. But far from making this into the male fearfantasy you might expect i. Theres an implied threat in the title of the film a girl walks home alone at night. The title leads us to believe that violence is waiting for the girl who walks home alone at night, but in actuality, it is the man who must fear for his safety.
Ana lily amirpour is an iranianamerican film director, screenwriter, producer and actor known for her first feature film the first iranian vampire western. In whats probably the first iranianlanguage feminist vampire film, a mysterious young woman who exacts undead vengeance on misbehaving. Theres an early 1990s grungescene club kids feel to some of it, in stark contrast to the eerie isolation of the nighttime industrial wasteland in. A girl walks home alone at night, director ana lily amirpours first feature, is not the film the title may at first suggest. Oct 27, 2014 ever since premiering in the next program at the 2014 sundance film festival, writerdirector ana lily amirpours stunning feature debut a girl walks home alone at night has been riding a. Jun 02, 2017 a girl walks home alone at night lyrics. A girl walks home alone at night is a 2014 persianlanguage american vampire western film directed by ana. Ive never seen another a film where a female vampire dressed in a chador rides a. A girl walks home alone at night deftly mixes genre tropes while creating its own singular, surreal universe. Theres a raggededged, throwback feel to a girl walks home alone at night, which looks a lot like an early film from someone like jarmusch or even david lynch, a deadpan, minimalist blackand. The vampire fantasy a girl walks home alone at night is an. The kino lorber bluray of a girl walks home alone at night is the most savvy independent horror disc release ive seen in some time. That was one of the first thoughts i had upon learning of the rape and murder of 22yearold comedian eurydice dixon in melbournes princes park on june th 2018. Its finally available on itunes and will be available on dvd april 21.
A girl walks home alone at night is one of several great movies about strong women this year although too few in mainstream hollywood, but also one of several which shows women as predators of men. Ana lily amirpours commercial instincts are as keen as her reading of the independent cult market her show has a jim jarmusch visual look but also thinks to include smatterings of nudity, and frank sexual suggestiveness. A girl walks home alone at night is a strange and gorgeous and haunting film that brings the indie aesthetic of the mid1980s into a context. All notions of vulnerability and helplessness that come to mind with this loaded title are a mere red herring, the first of many ways in which amirpour undermines the audiences preconceived ideas about what it takes to be a predator, and who is fit to be prey. Tagged as the first iranian vampire western, it was chosen to show in the next program at the 2014 sundance film festival the film is described as being set in the iranian. Tagged as the first iranian vampire western, it was chosen to show in the next program at the 2014 sundance film festival. A girl walks home alone at night is a supernatural vision of. Nov 16, 2014 the shadow in the chador vampires are superlonely, which is so romantic, said ana lily amirpour, director of a girl walks home alone at night. With sheila vand, arash marandi, marshall manesh, mozhan marno. A girl walks home alone at night is absolutely one of those movies that is doing its own thing.
In babadook and vampire girl, horror gets artsy usa today. Along with jarmusch, a girl walks home alone at night is steeped in other influences. Nov 24, 2014 the romantic, stylish girl walks home alone at night, is one of the years best films. A girl walks home alone at night a girl walks home alone at night she doesnt think or feel tonight oh, like its the last day of her life the. The girl is wearing a hijab veil and silently walks by. With nazanin boniadi, marshall manesh, dominic rains. This is a girl walks home alone at night trailer by lyle vincent on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. In the iranian ghosttown bad city, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire. It has elements of film noir, western, horror, and romance. May 29, 2015 a girl walks home alone at night is a great vampire film that challenges its audience with something more than spedup fist fights without consequence.
A girl walks home alone at night 2014 plot summary imdb. Nov 21, 2014 something similar initially seems at work in a girl walks home alone at night. A girl walks home alone at night ana lily amirpours auspicious debut feature is a sly, slinky vampire romance set in an imaginary iranian underworld. A girl walks home alone at night, which amirpour expanded into a comic book as she was writing the screenplay, has few cheap thrills or extraneous gore. She is most known for her feature film debut, a girl walks home alone at night, that made its debut at the sundance film festival in 2014, and which was based on a previous short film she wrote and directed with the same title that won best short film at the 2012 noor iranian film festival.
Director ana lily amirpour may well avoid such a fate with her striking debut feature a girl walks home alone at night, hailed in its press release as the first iranian vampire western, if. A girl walks home alone at night english subtitled. A girl walks home alone at night is a great vampire film that challenges its audience with something more than spedup fist fights without consequence. Nov 21, 2014 a girl walks home alone at night is a strange and gorgeous and haunting film that brings the indie aesthetic of the mid1980s into a context that feels both timeless and highly contemporary. Something similar initially seems at work in a girl walks home alone at night. Abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books. This is a movie that, after all, invites you to play a game of name that allusion, with dean, leone and so forth. A girl walks home alone at night by ana lily amirpour ana. Tagged as the first iranian vampire western, it was chosen to show in the next program at. A girl walks home alone at night and a man starts to follow her.
Watch a girl walks home alone at night english subtitled prime. I adored this movie its a quirky romance as well as a subversive feminist horror movie with minimal gore but lots of suspense and an amazing amount of dry humor. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 follows an iranian teenage vampire girl sheila vand who skateboards around a desolate, criminalfilled city dishing comeuppance to its corrupt citizens. The romantic, stylish girl walks home alone at night, is one of the years best films. A girl walks home alone at night is being marketed as the first iranian vampire western. Girl walks home alone at night available in bluray, dvd ship this item qualifies for free shipping buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. We are fortunate here to get a rich piece that rewards its viewers with complex ideas and a unique flavor, and it certainly deserves to be sought out. Dokhtari dar sab tanha be xane miravad is a 2014 american vampire western film directed by ana lily amirpour.
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