Saturday, August 1, 2009

Hammock's Mono no Aware

I just watched the music video for Hammock's "Mono no Aware" from their album "Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow". This music video is amazing! Totally it's a great work of art. The soul-touching song with beautiful frozen landscapes and misty fields and abandoned places made this music video something really special! This music video is directed by David Altobelli.

Click here to watch it!

Friday, July 17, 2009

Review : About Elly

"About Elly", the latest Asghar Farhadi's movie is something different for today's Iranian movie. In "About Elly" Farhadi is at his best. After directing "Chaharshanbe-soori" (his another amazing movie) and having some amazing works such as writing a screenplay for his wife's "Dayereh-e zangi" and Mani Haghighi's "Canaan", he returned with "Darbareye Elly", not a different movie, but his best!




"About Elly" is not just a drama movie. It's a great psychological thriller. It's a great journey throuth the layers of human's morality. The bitterness of movie's story and that shocking ending never leave you, hours after when you finished the movie. All actors/actresses actings are phenomenal. They are all at their best. Specially Peiman Moaadi (as Peyman) at his debut movie as an actor, is so brilliant. "About Elly" has no soundtrack but ambient sounds and the great usage of sea tides sounds. Movie recieved so many positive reviews along with some negative ones. This movie won 4 Major awards and 1 nomination.

With this movie, Asghar Farhadi fixed his position as one of the best Iranian directors of all time. also "About Elly" is one of (if not the best) Iranian best movie to date. Farhadi and his brand new movie brought a new breath, and started a new wave of filmmaking in Iranian's film industry.

rate: 9.5/10

P.S.: look to the sea through the movie carefully. after one hour it becomes such a nightmare to look and stand by the sea!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

MJ:13:13

5 days after Michael Jackson's tragic death (I thought why I didn't mentioned something on my blog about it :-?), me and my friend Fouad Amiri decided to run a memorial service for Michael. We decided to run it as a virtual party. So after 3 days of working hard on this idea, MJ:13:13 virtual memorial party launched for all Michael's fans all around the world.
Why we name this memorial party MJ:13:13? you should check out the official page.
I designed poster and wallpaper for this event and Fouad designed web page for it.

to know more about this event check out: MJ:13:13 official page
or join us on: Facebook page

RIP Michael!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Dedicated to Christine

Beside "The Ghost" photography project, I'm designing a poster as a side-project dedicated to "Christine Chubbuck" a reporter who committed suicide during a live TV program. This poster is based on some figure drawings I did for this one combined with some vector elements, typographies and hand-made textures.

It will be published in very limited edition.
To know who was Christine Chubbuck, click here.

Something About Ghosts!

Here are so many Ideas I'm thinking about and so many projects currently I'm doing, but one of most recently and the most important projects is an experimental photography project entitled "The Ghost" (just a working title). And it's all about the time when you stuck all alone in a dark room with some hallucinated/paranormal visions, When you feel there is a thing or another person in the room. Your hallucinations come alive and then...boom! You have a ghost by your side!

And the photos will tell you the story of this visit!
The first session of shooting photo is done and I'll have some more sessions to complete my set.
More to come about this project.

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Variations Énigmatiques

I started to read a new play this morning, and I finished it some mintues ago. That play was Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Enigma Variations (Variations Énigmatiques)". This play is written in 1996. A breathtakingly masterpiece by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt. Once again this play has just characters, two men, who talk about their lives and their beloveds.

Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt describes the summary himself:
"Who do we love when we love ? Do we ever know who the beloved one is ? Is mutual affection but a happy and lucky misunderstanding ?

Love is a mystery and the very reason why, on the stage, one man faces. On one side, Abel Znorko, a Nobel Prize of literature who lives far from men and civilization. On his island lost in the middle of the Norwegian sea, he keeps on remenbering the woman he loved passionately and with whom he corresponded for a long time. On the other : Erik Larsen, a journalist who wants to interview the writer.

But the interview is only a pretext. So what is Larsen's secret motive ? What is the link between him and this woman Znorko claims he has never forgotten ? And most of all, why has the misanthropist agreed to meet him ?

The encounter will quickly turn into a very cruel and vicious truth game. The two men, like two boxers, will in turn reveal their secrets in many dramatic turns and with a suspense distilled with much talent."
Mesmerizing storytelling of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt will surprise you once again. With no doubt this play will be in your mind for weeks and will make you think deeply about the story. If you didn't have the chance to read this play, This is my recommendation for your forthcoming holidays.

این کتاب توسط نشر قطره و با ترجمه شهلا حائری با عنوان "نوای اسرارآمیز" چاپ شده است.0

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Until Our Next Meeting


"Until Our Next Meeting"
a mini set on Flickr
Until Our Next Meeting
I don't know what will happen to me,
What will happen to you,
Just let us be together once again,
Through these lights and shadows.
"Until Our Next Meeting" was a mini photography project took place some night ago at Charmys Cafe, when we celebrated Cafe's 1st birthday. These photos are taken from a large number of photos.

Monday, January 12, 2009

To Heath "The Joker" Ledger...

O' yeah dear Heath!

you won the Golden Globe and that was the way how I was blown away. you deserved to have this award. because you were the true JOKER! I'm happy as hell about this award and I'm sure you are happy too over the clouds. Dear Heath! I've missed you so much and you are eternally in my mind.

I'm waiting to see you in Oscar 2009.

with love...


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