Signs in Rotation
This Is Not a Film: prisoner's diary, aesthetic experiment, and unfinished story
by Aaron Cutler and Mariana Shellard
posted Mar 5, 2012
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Jafar Panahi in This Is Not a Film, directed by Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi
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Iranian cinema | Jafar Panahi | This Is Not a Film | film review | political film | documentary | Mojtaba MirtahmasbTHE AUTHORS
Aaron Cutler is a writer in São Paulo. His film writings can be found at http://aaroncutler.tumblr.com.
More articles by Aaron CutlerMariana Shellard is a Brazilian visual artist. Recent work can be seen at repartitura.com.
More articles by Mariana Shellard