The Night Achieves Historic Theatrical Release in Iran msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Horror movies were a primarily US form for many years, as the genre was variably considered too juvenile, preposterous, violent, grotesque and/or tasteless in some nations. Government censors blocked their release where such material was considered inappropriate for public consumption; in certain other locations, the public simply wasn’t interested, whether the films in question were imported or homegrown.
Today, however, such cultural differences are largely gone. For myriad reasons, particularly the exported ubiquity of certain franchises online and in home formats, horror has become the most international of genres as well as the one that (due to its commerciality and usually low budget demands) many young filmmakers choose to start their careers with. So it’s not that unusual that this week brings new entries in the form from not just the US, but Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, and Iranian expats.
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The Night Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world, Kourosh Ahari says of his first feature film.
From the early stages of crafting his debut feature
The Night, Kourosh Ahari envisioned a tale of fear, loss and discovery that anyone from any part of the world could relate to. Even though making this as an Iranian film was important to me, I still wanted to make a movie that connects with people around the world, Ahari shares of the mostly Farsi-spoken film. It s a very universal theme and story that everyone, whether Iranian or not, can connect to because it s talking about the human condition that s shared among all of us around the world.