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. 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. Nov 21, 2014 theres never been a vampire movie like this before. Theres never been a vampire movie like this before the firstever iranian feminist vampire western, a girl walks home alone at night, is so. The film was adapted into a graphic novel published by radco in 2014. 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. A girl walks home alone at night bad things are commonplace in bad city, including prostitution, drugs and crime, and most recently a sequence of attacks by a vampire on the loose.
If you see something you like, click on the title to buy it from amazon 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. In this strange fairy tale, arash is a james dean type punk, struggling to deal with his drug addict father and the dealer who claims to be owed money. But a girl walks home alone at night, the featurelength directorial debut of iranianamerican director ana lily amirpour, not only satisfies, it slays. A girl walks home alone at night comes courtesy of writerdirector ana lily amirpour who took her 2011 short of the same name and stretched it into a feature film. Tagged as the first iranian vampire western, it was chosen to show in the next program at. Nov 24, 2014 we like vampires because we hate death.
Be a good boy, or else but these are undercurrents only, the subterranean basement of the films psyche. A girl walks home alone at night soundtrack list p u. Ana lily amirpour is an iranianamerican film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to blossom. Shot in inky blackandwhite and based on the artful graphic novel also written by amirpour, the film is set in a ghost town called bad city. The romantic, stylish girl walks home alone at night, is one of the years best films. The new iranianlanguage, americanproduced, westerninspired vampire movie is one of the. 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. Vampire film girl walks home alone at night, as a comic. Its no surprise to learn that the patti smithesque amirpour once plied her trade as singer and bassist in a rock band. Oct 27, 2014 a girl walks home alone at night 2014 official trailer hd. If the title a girl walks home alone at night sounds like the setup for a joke, youd be right.
The 10 most iconic movies available on the criterion. It is presented as the first iranian vampire western and has also been described as noir, spaghetti western, iranian new wave, pulp, and. Two engines, one marked cefx 3048 and one marked railink rlk 2121 are seen pulling some gatx corporation cars. A girl walks home alone at night soundtrack list youtube. A girl walks home alone at night excels as sparse, tone. Shot in a woozy blackandwhite widescreen that recalls a lot, but expresses little, a girl is best appreciated as a kind. Beginning with a titlecard shot of arash walking, right to left, across the screen alongside a diagonal traffic barrier, amirpour and vincent repeatedly bifurcate their images with severe horizontal andor. May 24, 2015 a girl walks home alone at night has monochrome retrocool. Tagged as the first iranian vampire western, it was chosen to show in the next program at the 2014 sundance film festival.
Meet the woman who directed the worlds only iranian vampire. Why was a girl walks home alone at night shot in black. Two locomotives from the california area are seen at the power plant after the girl gets her ears pierced. A girl walks home alone at night poster home alone. A girl walks home alone at night breathtaking scene.
A girl walks home alone at night pictures rotten tomatoes. Marjane satrapis inspired autobiographical animated movie based on her own graphic novel about a girl exiled from iran in europe. For the best experience please update your browser. The iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, junkies, pimps and other sordid souls, is a bastion of depravity and.
Iranian ghost town, home to prostitutes, drug addicts, pimps and other dirty shower, this bastion of. She created a graphic novel series following the life after dark of the titular girl of the movie. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the iranian new wave. Why was a girl walks home alone at night shot in black and. A girl walks home alone at night excels as sparse, toneforward vampire film. A girl walks home alone at night was shot in farsi in a small san joaquin valley town filling in for the fictional iranian metropolis of. A girl walks home alone at night is amirpours first feature length film. Death response strange things are in motion bad york. 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. A girl walks home alone at night kino lorber theatrical. Death is the answer ana lily amirpour, jon conrad, ben conrad, michael deweese, patrick brosseau on. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror films, and the iranian new wave.
Dokhtari dar sab tanha be xane miravad is a 2014 american vampire western film directed by ana lily amirpour. Comic publishers radco will be selling the comics digitally through comixology and then packaging them as a graphic novel, both digitally and in. May 29, 2015 enter a girl walks home alone at night, a wonderful bit of nuance and grim splendor. A girl walks home at night focuses on a young musicloving female vampire sheila vand who stalks the. Rome shadanloo and ana lily amirpour in a girl walks home alone at night 2014 rome shadanloo and ana lily amirpour in a girl walks home alone at night 2014. World premiere at the 2014 sundance film festival new directorsnew films opening. A girl walks home alone at night is as irregular trend towards repetition as fascinating her powerful aesthetics, and has a great asset in its leading actress. The first iranian vampire western, ana lily amirpours debut feature a girl walks home alone at night basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. In all honesty, i needed several wikipedia pages to fully understand vice films tagline for ana lily amirpours film, a girl walks home alone at night. A girl walks home alone at night english subtitled 293 7. A girl walks into a book is the memoirin depth study of the bronte family. Review a girl walks home alone at night weird, wild stuff.
A girl walks home alone at night music video artist white lies song death. Sheila vand celebrity profile check out the latest sheila vand photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. This selfdescribed iranian vampire spaghettiwestern dwells in darkness and challenges us to squint after it. In the iranian ghosttown bad city, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 official trailer. A girl walks home alone at night by ana lily amirpour ana.
Miranda, much like myself, fell in love with jane eyre and mr rochchester at an early age and have continued to let it guide us both into adulthood. The girl, stalks the towns most unsavory inhabitants. A girl walks home alone at night pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released a girl walks home alone at night pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten. Essentially, a girl walks home alone at night is a film about film, a fresh and exciting reimagining of a wellworn ofttold genre. 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. Later at night, the girl feeds on an anonymous homeless man. The vampire fantasy a girl walks home alone at night is an. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 there are a lot of vampire movies on the criterion channel, and theres a good mix of them as well. While the black and white helps retain authenticity in transition this graphic novel based story across platforms, it also allows the cinematography and lighting to work in unique ways that amplify exactly what the. This is a dream on your screen, absurd, languid, and possessed by the calm of an. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 a girl walks. Jim morisson reportedly once likened film spectators to quiet vampires, and if indeed they are, then the titular protagonist of a girl walks home alone at night must do a lot of movie.
A girl walks home alone at night film the guardian. 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. Search, discover and share your favorite a girl walks home alone at night gifs. In this bold feminist film, amirpour turns stereotypes of female security and safety on their heads as now the man must be afraid to walk home alone at night. Thats just my two cents on it though, could be way off. But when boy meets girl, an unusual love story begins to. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. May, 2015 a girl walks home alone at night 2014 is more an exploration of sensation, feeling and ambience than a narrativedriven film. Nov 18, 2014 shot in inky blackandwhite and based on the artful graphic novel also written by amirpour, the film is set in a ghost town called bad city. The first iranian vampire western, ana lily amirpours debut feature basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. Dominic rains born amin nazemzadeh, march 1, 1982 is an iranianamerican actor, best known for his roles in independent films, including the taqwacores 2010 and a girl walks home alone at night 2014, as well as his role as kasius, the main antagonist of the first part of the fifth season of marvels agents of s. But far from making this into the male fearfantasy you might expect i. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 plot keywords imdb.
The first iranian vampire western ever made, ana lily amirpours debut basks in the sheer pleasure of pulp. A striking vampire film deserves to be among the best. Marjane satrapis inspired autobiographical animated movie based on her own graphic novel about a girl. When she returns home, she finds arashs note stuck outside her house door, telling her to meet him at the power plant the following day at 10. Ana lily amirpours a girl walks home alone at night is a muchwelcome departure from the recent dumbingdown of vampire flicks. Ana lily amirpour celebrity profile check out the latest ana lily amirpour photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. 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. A girl walks home alone at night and a man starts to follow her. When you sit down to watch the first ever romantic iranian vampire western, you do so shadowed by skepticism, afraid it wont meet high expectations the description incites. 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.
Arash stands apart from the downtrodden populace of. 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. In babadook and vampire girl, horror gets artsy usa today. These films are overtly focused on either relationship drama for the girls or supernatural action for the boys, leaving. Atti asks if the girl is a thief, and she replies no. Kiosk yarom bia ft, mohsen namjoo, by mostafa heravi 2009 sergei parajanov 1968. The interplay between light and dark is pervasive throughout a girl walks home alone at night, but so too is the frequent use of expressionistic visual lines cutting through the frame. Rent a girl walks home alone at night starring sheila vand and arash marandi on dvd and bluray.
Fictional vampires for the characters in these films and shows themselves subcategories. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 rotten tomatoes. A girl walks into a book is a memoir that blends the work of the bronte sisters, criticism, biography and literature into a quest that seeks to understand the place of literature in our lives. Jarmusch brings his minimalistic writing and directing approach to the vampire genre and frankly shuts the door on it ana lily amirpours a girl walks home alone at night that also came out in 2014 helped as well, effectively torching the damage done by the shitty twilight franchise. A joyful mashup of genre, archetype, and iconography, its prolific influences span spaghetti westerns, graphic novels, horror. In this century, properties like twilight, vampire academy, and even things like underworld and blade have infantilized the vampire genre. Inky blacks constantly threaten to overwhelm any sense of light, even as fluorescent whites expand past their source. If you ran into ana lily amirpour at sundance, chances are she was a little woozy after working on her film a girl walks home alone at night for a year, no sooner did the writerdirector arrive. I dont know if this is a common thought, but ive often listened to bands like abba and queen while walking home alone at night, thinking no one ever died listening to abba. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 plot summary imdb. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 is more an exploration of sensation, feeling and ambience than a narrativedriven film.
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