Comments on: Part 1: Interview — ‘The Stoning of Soraya M.’s’ Cyrus Nowrasteh

By: Ed Driscoll » The Stoning of Soraya M: A Must-See

Ed Driscoll » The Stoning of Soraya M: A Must-See — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:18 +0000

[...] Which brings up another flaw in the film. Much like the plight of women in the Middle East in general post 9/11, Soraya will no doubt be ignored by feminist groups, which is all the more ironic: with exception of Caviezel’s character, the men depicted here are universally manipulative and scheming. (Though it could have worse, I suppose: as Nowrasteh says, “If you read the book you would see just how far I went in the writing the script,“ he says, adding even the selfish husband who accuses his wife of adultery is given flashes of humanity. “In the book there was no shading.”) [...]

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‘Stoning’ captures cultural zeitgeist — WHAT WOULD TOTO WATCH? — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:41:24 +0000

[...] spoke to “Stoning” director Cyrus Nowrasteh over at Big Hollywood and reviewed the film for [...]

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Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:22:39 +0000

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By: The Obama Moment: What Iran, Golf, Ice Cream and Hungarians have in common « Jim Blazsik

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:28:55 +0000

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