Movies are a great way to explore the risk we never took. INTO THE WILD opens tonight, Sean Penn shares the story of first reading the book from an interview in Telluride. We also look at THE MOSQUITO COAST (1986, Peter Weir), starring Harrison Ford, and what these films tell us about breaking from civilization and doing the unthinkable. Karina interviews the makers of HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD and it becomes clear why she wrote “I don’t care how tired of Iraq documentaries you think you are–you need to see Heavy Metal in Baghdad.”
FilmCouch #38
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Into the Wild, The Mosquito Coast, Heavy Metal in Baghdad
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Last weekend at the Toronto Film Festival, I sat down for a longish interview with Suroosh Alvi and Eddy Moretti, directors of the excellent documentary Heavy Metal in Baghdad. We’ll have a lot more from that interview in an upcoming installment of FilmCouch, but below you’ll find a preview. Acrassicauda, the band depicted in the film, are currently living in exile (and in extreme poverty) in Syria, and are in danger of being deported back to Iraq. In this clip, Alvi and Moretti explain what the filmmakers are doing to help Acrassicauda escape their current situation and live out their heavy metal dreams.
Heavy Metal in Baghdad Interview Clip [2:50m]:
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