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DVD Strange, Stranger
 Run time: 95 min Rating: 7.6 Genres: Horror Director: Daryush Shokof Writers: Daryush Shokof Stars: Afshin Akhavan, Audibert Karlstedt Anthony Michael Dalip Hagen, Suzanne Audibert |
| Storyline Two young studs make a bet over that “it” girl tonight. The playboy gets the girl, but what he gets is much more than what he bargained for. |
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| Details: Country: USA Release Date: 20 March 2012 (USA) |
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DVD Strange, Stranger
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just saw the first very exclusive screening of the newest film by Mr.Shokof.it was just an honor to watch it with his presence.the man and the myth and all his remarkable works over 3 decades.i was invited privately to attend the screening in Berlin.there were less than 20 selected people in the room and i have to admit that half of them did not even understand the English, but who cared.this movie like all other films of Shokof can be a super Cult-Hit and a Box office hit though he remained completely dedicated and loyal to his artistic visions, there was not a second where you could move away from the stark pictures, the amazing sound and music by Mexican Dog group and acting that dazzles you numb to believe it is Ric Paredes,s first ever movie debut. the film remains flawlessly Shokof to the last second. i had seen his Seven Servants and then Asudem.Strange Stranger can top both of them in which he seems to have deliver not just his own masterpiece but one heavy one for the movies that is destined to go down the record,s books do not miss any of his films.Shokof is always boldly ahead and different. a 10.
i viewed this movie with mix feelings about shokof films as i was under the impression that he is turned to a political filmmaker rather than the true artist filmmaker he once was. his stylish debut film seven servants blew my mind away and then thereafter i never heard of him again until a film called Hitler,s grave started getting raves and viewers from most peculiar places and again the film was not available anywhere in the world? however with all this confusing information and myth about the man and his works and life , i suddenly got a one in a life time chance to view the movie, strange stranger first hand out. praise the lord the true artist stood out tall again where i just saw perhaps the boldest most wonderfully instructed film i had seen ever since Fellini,s satyr icon or perhaps any of …….. really terrific from the start to the end. the performances are just great. the directing is so timed and accurate that one expects the film has been under careful research and pre production for years. that,s how long it takes for any standard film to be made in Europe, but an out of standard frame of a film? man just forget it. despite all the complications where the man himself explained about how they made this great work of art that actually has all the elements of becoming also a popular hit, a movie is there that is made with heart, great thoughts and above all bravery from an army of believers of Mr.Shokof,s works.having seen strange stranger i am a believer now as well. count me in and please, ask me to work with you honorably for no fees as long as i could get a DVD. really one of the world,s best minds behind the camera who also knows how the write most incredible original stories ever. o, by the way, the music is a knock out. see this move 1 9, cause i just never thought a 10 is permitted to be given to any director,s film while living. otherwise i would easily give this rare movie a 10.
i must have been a privileged invited person amongst the very few who were at the screening of shokof,s Strange Stranger.i know the less than 20 people left the screening with mouth wide open and some did not even understand the language as they confessed later .however, this remarkably original as ever film by shokof gets you involved in a most realistically bizarre story right from the start to the end.done with only the power of arts, vision, uniqueness of perspectives ,one forgets that most magnificent films are really doable without 100 million dollars tag bill on the budget.strange stranger begins with a simple betting between two friend who one is Ric Paredes "simply great Debut performance" and Afshin Akhavan "who is out of this world as a Comedian".Ric, "the playboy " should get the girl at the disco club tonight or else Shin gets all he wishes for. and all Shin wants is Elly "the most gorgeous girl who dances your brains out in less than a minute". film starts with the bet already lost as Ric leaves the club with the great looking Alien "Anina who is also a knock out in her first Debut in the lead".things develop gradually , soft and appealing as the two have only sex in mind, and then, little by little we fall into a nightmare of a blend of horror and mystic that has never ever occurred on any screen ever since movies existed. if the film is out, do yourself a favor and do not miss this gem of a cinema brilliance. a10. a solid 10.