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Trailer Watch: This Is Not a Film

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This is definitely a trailer even though this is not a film.

This Is Not a Film

Plot Summary: Jafar Panahi, the jailed Iranian filmmaker forbidden from making movies for 20 years, finds a way to craft a documentary about his incarceration and the story he has rolling around in his head.
Release Date: February 29, 2012

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Rating: C+
Commentary: This rather simplistic poster will appeal to the demographic it needs to, though not on a very visceral level. 		Rating: B
Commentary: The trailer paints this film as being a rather oblique attempt by a censored filmmaker to escape the creative imprisonment forced upon him. Based on that simple statement, it sounds like a winner, but the trailer isn’t quite as clever.
Preview Link: CLICK HERE for link to the trailer, more posters (if available) and other commentary not featured here.
Oscar Chances: Iran will obviously not submit the film to the Academy, though producers could push it through the festival circuit and earn Panahi a Documentary Feature nomination. Then again, to protect Panahi from retribution in his home country, they might consider it “not a film” as the title suggests and keep it out of circulation.

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