This is not a film produced, written and directed by Michael A. Nickels. - New York : Palisades Tartan, 2012. - 1 x DVD ; 75 mins.
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Audio commentary with director Michael A. Nickles and actress Nadia Dajani; audio commentary with Michael and George Conner; trailer. Credits: Music by Bob Schneider. Cast: Michael Leydon Campbell, Nadia Dajani, Jack Kehler, Craig Carlisle, Callie Thorne. Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Bonus features: theatrical trailer; commentary track; 2008 interview excerpt with Jafar Panahi.
After Michael Connor's girlfriend leaves him, he decides to make a film about her in the hopes that someone will recognize her and convince her to give him another chance. After hiring an actress to play the role of his girlfriend he gets a major dose of reality as she points out over and over all the mistakes he made as a boyfriend. This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a usb drive hidden in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his 2010 sentence (six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking, interviews or leaving the country) Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, and discussing his plight with his friend and collaborator, Mirtahmasb.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Political prisoners--Biography.
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Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. Special features: Audio commentary with director Michael A. Nickles and actress Nadia Dajani; audio commentary with Michael and George Conner; trailer. Credits: Music by Bob Schneider. Cast: Michael Leydon Campbell, Nadia Dajani, Jack Kehler, Craig Carlisle, Callie Thorne. Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Bonus features: theatrical trailer; commentary track; 2008 interview excerpt with Jafar Panahi.
After Michael Connor's girlfriend leaves him, he decides to make a film about her in the hopes that someone will recognize her and convince her to give him another chance. After hiring an actress to play the role of his girlfriend he gets a major dose of reality as she points out over and over all the mistakes he made as a boyfriend. This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France on a usb drive hidden in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his 2010 sentence (six years in prison and a 20-year ban from filmmaking, interviews or leaving the country) Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, and discussing his plight with his friend and collaborator, Mirtahmasb.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Motion picture producers and directors--Drama.
Man-woman relationships.
Motion picture producers and directors.
Political prisoners--Biography.
791.45 TH IS