هفت فیلم‌نامه از اصغر فرهادی

by Asghar Farhadi, اصغر فرهادی

کتاب «هفت فیلم‌نامه از اصغر فرهادی» نوشته‌ی اصغر فرهادی است، که فیلم‌نامه‌های «رقص در غبار»، «شهر زیبا»، «چهارشنبه‌سوری»، «دایره‌زنگی»، «درباره‌ی الی»، «جدایی نادر از سیمین» و «گذشته» در آن گنجانده شده‌است. اصغر فرهادی مقدمه‌ی کوتاهی نیز برای این فیلم‌نامه‌ها نوشته است: «فیلم‌نامه‌های پیش‌رو را که مرور می‌کنم، آن‌چه بین همه‌ی آن‌ها مشترک است و از رقص در غبار تا گذشته پررنگ و آگاهانه‌تر شده، چیزی نیست جز علامت سوال؛ علامت سوالی که فیلم‌نامه به فیلم‌نامه بزرگ‌تر و چندوجهی‌تر شده است. اگر با این نوشته‌ها توانسته باشم جسارتِ پرسش‌گری را در تماشاگرانِ فیلم‌هایم تقویت کرده و ترس‌شان را از کاشتن علامت سوال در ذهن‌ها بکاهم، از عمری که برای نوشتن صرف کرده‌ام راضی و خشنودم؛ که دنیای امروز ما بیش از آن‌که نیاز به مقام و مسئول پاسخ‌گو داشته باشد محتاج مردمی‌ست پرسش‌گر؛ مردمی که از گذاشتن علامت سوال در برابر هر آن‌چه برای‌شان ثابت و قاطع است نهراسند». خرس نقره‌ای جشنواره فیلم برلین به عنوان بهترین کارگردان برای فیلم درباره الی و خرس طلایی جشنواره برلین به خاطر فیلم جدایی نادر از سیمین از دیگر افتخارات اوست. وی همچنین برنده جایزه بهترین فیلم خارجی در جشنواره گلدن گلوب سال ۲۰۱۲ میلادی به خاطر کارگردانی و نویسندگی فیلم جدایی نادر از سیمین شد. او اولین فیلمساز ایرانی است که توانسته‌است جایزه اسکار را به خود اختصاص دهد. این کتاب توسط انتشارات چشمه منتشر شده است

688 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2014

Reviews

[Sina Shahbaba · Rating 5 out of 5]

توانایی اصغر فرهادی در نوشتن فیلم‌نامه بدون شک، رشک برانگیز است. در توصیف آثار او از دو واژه می‌توان استفاده کرد: سهل و ممتنع.

[Hamid Isfahani]

به‌جز دایره‌‌زنگی که تعدد شخصیت‌ها مخاطب فیلمنامه را سردرگم می‌کرد و طنز آن عمدتاً بر دوش بازیگران فیلم بود و در فیلم بهتر نمود پیدا می‌کرد تا در فیلمنامه؛ عمدتاً خواندن فیلمنامه‌ها لذت مشخص و جدایی داشت از تماشای فیلم‌ها. پرسش‌های متعددی که به‌ویژه در «جدایی» وجود داشت، ذهن مخاطب را به‌شدت درگیر می‌کرد. چهارشنبه‌سوری و درباره الی‌ و شهر زیبا را هم بسیار پسندیدم :)

[Negar Taheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book. I have not read any Iranian screenplay before and this book contains seventh of them which some of them are really a mater piece.
Enjoy reading it so much and it really brought question marks in my mind about life as the writer quoted in the beginning of the book.

[Realini Ionescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everybody Knows by Asghar Farhadi – one of the best directors and writers in the world, my note on A Separation is at https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/11/... where you find thousands of other reviews

10 out of 10

A Separation is one of the best films I have seen, the day before yesterday I saw it for the second time, and yes, these lines are about Separation, my opinion on Everybody Knows is that albeit it is a very good film, it is not on the level of Separation, A Hero or The Salesman – I will post my takes on all three on my blog

A spoiler alert on two counts, one is that Everybody Knows is out of the picture by now, and then I may write about what happens in A Separation, towards the end, however, we will not have too many unhappy customers, for not many go beyond the first line, and then who will wants to read something on one movie and complain there are details on another, once he decides to pursue the reading beyond the point where all is clear
Nader and Simin are about to get A Separation, the opening scenes in this magnum opus have them in front of a judge, arguing, the woman is Simin aka the spectacular Leila Hatami – the qualms I had here were connected with my impression that she is a bit too sophisticated, aristocratic if you will for the role of a teacher

Nevertheless, we are talking about an ancient culture, fallen into the hands of idiots and fundamentalists, but otherwise, one that goes back millennia, and we can see the traces, this fabulous DNA in the director, the actors and clearly there is a wealth of creativity there, in spite of the oppression of the ayatollahs
Simin wants to leave the country – speaking of those religious fanatics – they have visas, but her husband, Nader aka the equally marvelous Payman Maadi, does not want to go with her, hence The Separation, he has to stay with his father, who is suffering from Alzheimer, and hence does not know him anymore

This is the point Simin tries to make, but her spouse says, I know him, we will have complicated issues, moral decisions, this is a thriller, a philosophical masterpiece, an overwhelming chef d’oeuvre, we then see a woman – I am not sure if this was Razieh, but I will use this name – that is supposed to take care of Pedar, the father
Razieh has a child, who seems to be about five, and she is expecting, a state that will be in contention, did Nader know about the pregnancy or not, and she is not sure she can work for the money, if it is withing the religious rules – she will call a hotline presumably, to ask if she can take some action, if it is not forbidden by the Koran

Eventually, she comes to work and as soon as she is in, the daughter sees that Pedar had peed himself, and this is when the carer has to call, is she allowed to change the man’s pants, and there is a discussion there, then the man is out, on the street, in a moment when Razieh was busy, she runs for him, and is hit by a car
We will not know this until later, for now, one day, when they return earlier, Nader and his daughter, Termeh, they find his father down, near the bed, tied to it, and nearly dead, so when Razieh is back, the man is furious, he also thinks she had taken money, and he throws her out, insisting she cannot work anymore

There is a quarrel, she is very upset because of the accusation of theft, and I am not clear on that, did Simin take the money, notwithstanding that, she falls on the stairs, she has a miscarriage, and the unborn son is killed and…Nader is in court, facing a murder charge, after he was hit by Hojjat aka the excellent Shahab Hosseini
The latter has the leading role in The Salesman, and there will be a note on that, a new I mean, because there is one already at https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/11/... where, new plug for Nobody – as in Ulysses and the Cyclops – since there is no one reading this now

Hojjat is Razieh’s husband, and an angry fellow, he has had no job, he is chased by creditors, just like in A Hero (that post is about to hit the blog) and he had no knowledge of his wife working for the old fellow, and he wants revenge, blood, he has kicked Nader, and in the scuffle, with his elbow, he had even hurt Simin
At the same time, Razieh is also accused, because of what happened with the father, who was in her care, so they cross swords in court, a strange show, the Iranian justice (if we can call it that) allows for the parties to be present, Hojjat is loud and aggressive, granted, the judge pushes back on this, but to have it there is amazing

They have to find if Nader had known about the pregnancy, did he push her down the stairs – it seems impossible in a reconstitution – how did he even take her to work, the fundamentalist interpretation of those Shia Taliban has the woman in an inferior position, she is not allowed to travel freely, and there is a lot of abuse
At one point,, there is talk of blood money – I think this is what they called it – a sum to be paid as compensation, that could end the feud, but then we have yet another twist – Aristotle wrote about the importance of the twist, and reversal, the best example given if Oedipus Rex https://realini.blogspot.com/2017/03/... - for Razieh has second thoughts, she had checked again with those who interpret the Koran, and she could not take the money, because she is not sure, she had been hit by a car, felt pain, and thus it appears that maybe Nader was not to blame after all…

Now for my standard closing of the note with a question, and invitation – maybe you have a good idea on how we could make more than a million dollars with this http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/02/u... – as it is, this is a unique technique, which we could promote, sell, open the Oscars show with or something and then make lots of money together, if you have the how, I have the product, I just do not know how to get the befits from it, other than the exercise per se

There is also the small matter of working for AT&T – this huge company asked me to be its Representative for Romania and Bulgaria, on the Calling Card side, which meant sailing into the Black Sea wo meet the US Navy ships, travelling to Sofia, a lot of activity, using my mother’s two bedrooms flat as office and warehouse, all for the grand total of $250, raised after a lot of persuasion to the staggering $400…with retirement ahead, there are no benefits, nothing…it is a longer story, but if you can help get the mastodont to pay some dues, or have an idea how it can happen, let me know

As for my role in the Revolution that killed Ceausescu, a smaller Mao, there it is http://realini.blogspot.com/2022/03/r...

Some favorite quotes from To The Hermitage and other works

‘Fiction is infinitely preferable to real life...As long as you avoid the books of Kafka or Beckett, the everlasting plot of fiction has fewer futile experiences than the careless plot of reality...Fiction's people are fuller, deeper, cleverer, more moving than those in real life…Its actions are more intricate, illuminating, noble, profound…There are many more dramas, climaxes, romantic fulfillment, twists, turns, gratified resolutions…Unlike reality, all of this you can experience without leaving the house or even getting out of bed…What's more, books are a form of intelligent human greatness, as stories are a higher order of sense…As random life is to destiny, so stories are to great authors, who provided us with some of the highest pleasures and the most wonderful mystifications we can find…Few stories are greater than Anna Karenina, that wise epic by an often foolish author…’

‚Parturiunt montes, nascetur ridiculus mus’

“From Monty Python - The Meaning of Life...Well, it's nothing very special...Try and be nice to people, avoid eating fat, read a good book every now and then, get some walking in, and try and live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations.”

[Golnaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

انگار تمام فیلم هاشو یه باره پشت سر هم دیدم ... لذت بخش بود

[زمین · Rating 5 out of 5]

فرهادی شما را با قلمش به اعماق پنهان انسان ها،دادسرا ها و دالان های اجتماع می کشاند،فیلم هایش دستمال کاغذی نیستند که مصرف شوند و با تیتراژ به سطل زباله بروند،سوال هایی در ذهن شما می کارد که تا مدت ها بعد رهایتان نمی کند
تقابل ها و دوراهی های اخلاقی که جلوی کاراکتر هایش می گذارد به ناخودآگاه شما هم رسوخ می کند و یقه تان را می چسبد،فرهادی برای شعور مخاطبش احترام قائل است و عقیده و قضاوتی را به شما حقنه نمی کند،دوربین فرهادی سوگیری ندارد،آدم هایش سفید و سیاه نیستند ای بسا که هیچ مطلقی از مادر زاییده نشده است.
احتمالا اگر افرادی قرن ها بعد بخواهند در مورد وضعیت جامعه ایران در دهه هشتاد پژوهش کنند،خواندن این هفت فیلمنامه بهتر از هر کتاب تاریخ دیگری به آنها کمک کند‌.

[Amin369 · Rating 4 out of 5]

عالیه هیچ حرف دیگه ای نمیشه زد.مجموعه هفت فیلمنامه اصغر فرهادی یعنی رقص در غبار، شهر زیبا، چهارشنبه سوری، دایره زنگی، درباره الی، جدایی نادر از سیمین و گذشته. تو فیلمنامه ها بخش های تغییر یافته و حذف شده هست و چیزایی که تو فیلمنامه نیست اما داخل فیلم اضافه شدن . اگه این کتاب اپدیت میشد و فیلمنامه فروشنده، همه میدانند و قهرمان هم بود خیلی خوب میشد. تنها ضعف کتاب در مسیر پنج ستاره بودن، نبود حرف های فرهادی درباره هر فیلمنامه و چالش هایی که داشته هستش.
مراقب هم باشیم کنار هم بمونیم.

[Amirreza · Rating 5 out of 5]

چطور میتونم کتاب رو بخونم یکی راهنمایی کنه

[Mausam A]

I want to refer to how the shot divisions and choreography per scene is done.

[فاطمه · Rating 5 out of 5]

اگر خواستید فیلم ببیند ولی نمی توانستید فیلم ببینید این کتاب را بخوانید. انگار فیلم را دیده اید.

[Nick Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Separation ✅
The Past ✅
About Elly ✅

✅ = powerful humane story set in complex human world

[Pooyan Rezaeipour · Rating 4 out of 5]

فیلمنامه های : درباره الی، دایره زنگی، چهارشنبه سوری، شهر زیبا، گذشته، جدایی نادر از سیمین، رقص در غبار
-برای خواندن فیلمنامه دایره زنگی، به دلیل تعدد شخصیت ها به گمانم بهتر است ابتدا فیلمش دیده شود تا با یک تصویرسازی مناسب به سراغ فیلمنامه رفت.
- خواندن فیلمنامه جدایی نادر از سیمین بسیار لذت بخش هست، بار ها آن را خوانده ام و هر بار لذت دیگری دارد، حتی به زبان انگلیسی.

[m dehnavi · Rating 3 out of 5]

دو فیلمنامه اول رقص در غبار و شهر زیبا بسیار قوی
در فیلمنامه های بعدی نمادگرایی زیاد شده کیفیت فیلمنامه ها افت کرده است.