330: Interview With Alireza Khatami of The Things You Kill
About this episode
Jeff Bulmer interviews Alireza Khatami about his film The Things You Kill and its Oscar submission.
Jeff Bulmer had the chance to interview Alireza Khatami the director of the new film The Things You Kill , which was submitted by Canada to be their entrant to the Best International Film at this year's Oscars. They talk about changing the dialogue from Farsi to Turkish, the use of mirrors and the importance of translation. Read our review of the film by Ryan Beaupit. Follow Jeff's podcast Classic Movies Live on Twitter and Instagram . Listen to CML on Spotify . Follow Contra Zoom on Instagram , Threads and Bluesky . Check out more great Contra Zoom content on That Shelf ! Listen to Contra Zoom on Anchor , Apple…
People in this episode
Host: Jeff Bulmer
Guest: Alireza Khatami
Topics covered
- film
- interview
- translation
- international film
- Oscars
- directing
Keywords
- Alireza Khatami
- The Things You Kill
- translation
- Farsi
- Turkish
- Oscars
- film review
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Canada
Books & works: The Things You Kill
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