What makes ‘Taxi Tehran’ an Iranian/ Global Film?
Feature Why is it Global/ Iranian? Why did Panahi do this? Evidence
Islamic “System of Iranian officials created a Panahi wanted to Hanna’s discussion of a
Modesty”/ avoidance of new language for film post acknowledge the “System distributable film and her
Sordid Realism the Islamic revolution of Modesty” with Hanna as talking about all the rules,
including avoidance of the indoctrinated younger and then the following
social commentary/ generation and completely scene of her trying to
criticism, couples contrast it to show a more make a distributable film
engaging and political accurate ‘reality’ of Iran to but it is impossible due to
discussions Western Audiences as this the inequality and reality of
bypasses the propaganda Iran with young boy
Global films have less and media
escapism and lie more
within their own countries
rather than the created
worlds of Hollywood
Control of Women Iranian law is very strict on Panahi wanted to Teacher and Mugger
women and subject them comment on the irony of differences in costume
to extreme modesty rules Iranian gender rules and
restrictions
Global film usually depicts
very different views of
women compared to
Western films as the West
has more liberal ideas
Governmental control Panahi banned from Panahi had to find creative Cinematography and
filmmaking due to social ways of bypassing the location of dashcam in car
commentary surveillance state and
rules
Feature Why is it Global/ Iranian? Why did Panahi do this? Evidence
Islamic “System of Iranian officials created a Panahi wanted to Hanna’s discussion of a
Modesty”/ avoidance of new language for film post acknowledge the “System distributable film and her
Sordid Realism the Islamic revolution of Modesty” with Hanna as talking about all the rules,
including avoidance of the indoctrinated younger and then the following
social commentary/ generation and completely scene of her trying to
criticism, couples contrast it to show a more make a distributable film
engaging and political accurate ‘reality’ of Iran to but it is impossible due to
discussions Western Audiences as this the inequality and reality of
bypasses the propaganda Iran with young boy
Global films have less and media
escapism and lie more
within their own countries
rather than the created
worlds of Hollywood
Control of Women Iranian law is very strict on Panahi wanted to Teacher and Mugger
women and subject them comment on the irony of differences in costume
to extreme modesty rules Iranian gender rules and
restrictions
Global film usually depicts
very different views of
women compared to
Western films as the West
has more liberal ideas
Governmental control Panahi banned from Panahi had to find creative Cinematography and
filmmaking due to social ways of bypassing the location of dashcam in car
commentary surveillance state and
rules
