And now the actor who brought Mr. Badii to life has died. RIP Homayoun Ershadi 💔 Did his character survive TASTE OF CHERRY? I made this in tribute to his dilemma: ABSURD HEAVEN: The Ending of 'Taste of Cherry'
youtu.be/uSbGCv67xwI
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And now the actor who brought Mr. Badii to life has died. RIP Homayoun Ershadi 💔 Did his character survive TASTE OF CHERRY? I made this in tribute to his dilemma: ABSURD HEAVEN: The Ending of 'Taste of Cherry'
youtu.be/uSbGCv67xwI
Whore you, the apostrophe police?
08.11.2025 00:35 — 👍 421 🔁 69 💬 6 📌 1Here I am with Saverio Zumbo and Roberto Lasagna, longtime festival organizers for video essays in Italy. We just screened my film, MURDERGAME to an audience of mostly film students, before which I read a director’s statement in Italian (video to surface later?)
27.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As I Flew To Italy I Occasionally Stopped and Saw Glimpses of New York City
24.10.2025 22:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌊🍞
09.10.2025 00:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I have no human children. But my video essays are the vessels for my hopes and dreams. So if I have one that is underperforming, I want to give it some spotlight. In this case, I submitted it to the Adelio Ferrero Film Festival, where it won an Honorable Mention! 🚀👁️ youtu.be/LeQYq_Fibm0?...
07.10.2025 02:52 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The larger puzzle involves an anti-consumerist statement, as inspired by the explosive climax of Antonioni’s Zabriskie Point (1970).
25.09.2025 20:56 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0“Wondersludge” is a sketch for a scene in my upcoming VR essay film. It’s presented here, in all its DIY glory. I no longer have the butcher knife.
25.09.2025 16:47 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1What if I stopped feeding the content machine altogether?
And just made more collages:
Happy to say I have accepted a position as Jr. Video Editor at Vobile Inc, in Alachua, Florida! I will use as tools of my trade Adobe Premiere, which has become my instrument of choice for self-expression! These regional headquarters are at San Felasco Tech City, a positive Florida business hub.
11.09.2025 21:55 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My new video just dropped! I've been planning this one since The French Dispatch (2021)
#wesanderson
#art
#videoessay
youtu.be/kh3VngWiD24?...
Pretty despicable. Glad I deleted my professional WeTransfer account prior to reading this.
06.09.2025 22:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dubya Protestors, 2003. 35mm.
#bw #photo #ilford #dc #washingtondc #protest #dubya #wmds #iraq
Amazing news! MURDERGAME was just selected by Mental Filmness via FilmFreeway.com!
29.08.2025 01:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0DONATE TODAY… to my campaign to raise funds for a flight to Italy 🇮🇹 www.gofundme.com/f/help-phili...
12.08.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0DONATE TODAY… to my campaign to raise funds for a flight to Italy 🇮🇹 www.gofundme.com/f/help-phili...
12.08.2025 14:36 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Hello ~ I was offered a three-night hotel stay to come screen my new video essay at a film festival in Italy! Help me cover the travel expenses. Even $5 would be a big help 💙
www.gofundme.com/f/help-phili...
Serve your country! Defend your culture!
Just in case it’s not already clear that ICE is a white supremacist thug army, Homeland Security is recruiting with a “defend your culture” slogan.
06.08.2025 20:07 — 👍 7675 🔁 3142 💬 461 📌 460Hello ~ I was offered a three-night hotel stay to come screen my new video essay at a film festival in Italy! Help me cover the travel expenses. Even $5 would be a big help 💙
www.gofundme.com/f/help-phili...
More great press for my film, screening on 8/8 in Gainesville, FL.
04.08.2025 01:02 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I so enjoy real ones.
04.08.2025 00:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Attn: North Central Florida ~ I’m screening my essay-memoir film on 8/8 here in Gainesville at The Ox. Followed by standup comedy. Check it out if you want to have a real time.
01.08.2025 19:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As a Floridian, it’s all I have left.
30.07.2025 02:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Arrested for asking to see a warrant.
The fascism is here, y'all. What will you do when fascism comes to America? It's whatever you're doing.
I know what I’m doing tomorrow. Thanks!
27.07.2025 07:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Hell, I applied for it anyway. Even though they are probably looking for a student 👨🎓
25.07.2025 02:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I am not a good fit for this job, even though it is something dear to my heart. If there is anyone in Florida who does love hiking and is interested in preserving the Florida National Scenic Trail, this posting could be for you: floridatrail.org/job-opportun...
21.07.2025 18:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0In the Russian grocery store, the doggie dish had borscht in it
09.07.2025 19:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I watched KILLER OF SHEEP and really loved the dreamlike imagery interspersed with the neorealism. It’d make a great double-bill with ERASERHEAD. Two Angeleno visions from 1977.
01.07.2025 05:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Well, they do say that the therapists are the most crazy of all 😂
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