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To make or perform rock music is outlawed in Iran. But Bahman Ghobadi explores the underground scene in Tehran.

Rock's beginning was all about youth and rebellion and risk, a bit of history that tends to get lost in an "American Idol" world. So "No One Knows About Persian Cats," a heart-pounding descent into the illegal underground music scene of Tehran comes at you like the scream of an electric guitar. Director Bahman Ghobadi shot it on the run in just 17 days and without a government permit, a choice that landed the crew in jail twice during the production. The camera, also not allowed unless it's rented from the state, could have been confiscated at any time. [...]

di Betsy Sharkey, articolo completo (3487 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 23 aprile 2010