She is most known for her feature film debut, a girl walks home alone at night, that made its debut at the sundance film festival in 2014, and which was based on a previous short film she wrote and directed with the same title that won best short film at the 2012 noor iranian film festival. Back in january, our fearless news captain rachel handler reported on the announcement of the new film from ana lily amirpour, director of iranian vampire spaghetti western a girl walks home alone at night. She is best known for her feature film debut a girl walks home alone at night, selfdescribed as the first iranian vampire spaghetti western that made its debut at the sundance film festival in 2014, and which was based on a previous short film. Ana lily amirpours awesomesounding the bad batch takes. She signed early with hollywood agents and managers, but while in germany making a short film for the berlinale talent campus, she decided the studio route was not what she wanted to do. With ana lily amirpour, halina dyrschka, ulrich matthes, heiko pinkowski. Ana lily amirpour is the raddest filmmaker working right now. And yes it is twisted, it is disturbing, and a strange film. Immediately, she says, i felt like a bat and it made me want to skateboard. Thats whats interesting about drugs, you fully go into a present. And then i thought what it would be like to make a film about a girl missing an arm and a leg. Ill admit i didnt like the ending or all of sukis decisions in the film but i think i get it.
And theres all that guilt, which is like an aphrodisiac. The hippest young director working in film today was born in margate. A girl walks home alone at night is one of the years more buzzed about movies, and rightly so. Jason momoa and his prejudice mind soul sister ana lily. Ana lily amirpours feature debut is an iranian language vampire horror film that mixes many genre and cultural influences together calling itself the first iranian vampire western. One of the great vampire films, it will be judged right along side of films like let the right one in. The bad batch 2017 by ana lily amirpour july 24, 2017 jessica carr miami man jason momoa and arlen suki waterhouse start to fall for each other in ana lily amirpours cannibal love story the bad batch. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 director of photography. Ana lily amirpour and suki waterhouse on their dystopian cannibal western. The trauma becomes the seed that drives this revenge story. Its also the best vampire film ever made if you dont like films with. I think, in general, a sense of humor is one of the greatest survival tools in life, and probably the best way you can do a good job at being a human being. We made it completely independently, for very little money. Ana lily amirpour has created a completely new film genre.
Ana lily amirpour wowed sundance with her debut a girl walks home alone at night, which made her one of the most soughtafter. Ana lily amirpour, halina dyrschka, ulrich matthes. Ana lily amirpour, usa, neon, opens june 23 by farihah zaman in the mayjune 2017 issue. Sure, ana lily amirpour wears a jodorowsky tee and alludes to her myriad of influences, but shes also the mastermind behind a girl walks home alone at night, the highly original persian. That description is spot on as it has the feeling of a western and it also has the great influence of silent films in its tone. Ana lily amirpour addresses controversy surrounding the bad. Ana lily amirpours awesomesounding the bad batch takes on awesome new cast members. Ana lily amirpour is the director that wore a lil wayne costume to a halloween party and said it wasnt racist to wear dark brown body makeup because she was iranian. The bad batch is a mixtape movie in the vein of drive or beasts of the southern wild, a grab bag of visual punchlines and topical references capped. Youve never seen a vampire movie like the beautiful a girl walks. Ana lily amirpour is an iranianamerican film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. The bad batch is how i see america film school rejects. Ana lily amirpour that 1st scene in the original where rookers gf fell to her death gives me chills every time i do come across this movie. Ana lily amirpour was born on july 25, 1976 in margate, kent, england.
Writerdirector ana lily amirpour thinks the world is inherently a bad place, but that its inhabitants are strong. Her debut feature film, the iranian vampire western a girl walks. The bad batch 2017 by ana lily amirpour cinematary. The film is about survival and finding a meaning in life, like love so that life will be meaningful and purposeful. The shadow in the chador vampires are superlonely, which is so romantic, said ana lily amirpour, director of a girl walks home alone at. It was a disturbing way to tell a story of love, life and its meaning. Ana lily amirpour addresses controversy surrounding the. In celebration of national noodle day, were sharing this appreciation of juzo itamis beloved ramen western tampopo, from director ana lily amirpour a girl. Along with several public events and an interview as part of the jorgensen guest filmmaker series, she sat for this private interview. Yeah sounds like if momoa is cast, it will be a role reversal and he will meet that fate. It took a year for the vampire western a girl walks home alone at night to really build momentum after its sundance debut last year. Interview with ana lily amirpour, director of a girl walks home.
Ana lily amirpour on her wild postapocalyptic drama, her crazy desk, and what influenced the films vibrant universe. A girl walks home alone at night 2014 directed by ana. Ana lily amirpour archives one perfect shot database. Pages in category films directed by ana lily amirpour the following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. Ana lily amirpour made her first film at age 12, a horror movie. Ana lily amirpour brings new film blood moon to cannes. Filmmaker ana lily amirpour is perhaps best known for her debut feature, the confident and stylish vampire film a girl walks home alone at night 2014. Ana lily amirpour felt in love with cinema very quickly. In a world where people hate you without exception and kill you mercilessly, its no wonder this cockroach is suicidal. Ana lily amirpour wowed sundance with her debut a girl walks home. Theres slow and then theres ana lily amirpours the bad batch. Amirpour told us about imagining some of these frames along with creating the world, arlen and miami man, and the music from the bad batch. The photo has since been scrubbed from her twitter and the rest of the wed. Ana lily amirpour visited the iu cinema in february of 2017.
Ana lily amirpours the bad batch, the followup to her acclaimed 2014 vampire love story a girl walks home alone at night, is set in a world that feels like a lana del rey song made flesh. Ana lily made her first film at age 12 a horror movie starring guests of a slumber party. Farah is from the us and nilou was born and raised in iran, and when they climb a remote hillside outside tehran to hang out and listen to music, their. Born in england in 1976 to iranian parents, amirpour primarily grew up in the united states, imbibing 1980s american pop culture and fusing it into her creative dna. Director ana lily amirpour is in hot water over comments she made following a screening of her new film, the bad batch in chicago. Ana lily amirpour seems like the ultimate counterpunch to hollywoods diversity problem. In 2014, the moody, persianlanguage vampire drama a girl walks home alone at night quickly turned its writerdirector ana lily amirpour into an indie darling. Suki waterhouse is abandoned in a texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. The bad batch is one seriously slow cannibal movie. Shes an iranian woman director raised in america, directing inventive genre movies with an anarchic sensibility all her own. Firsttime feature director ana lily amirpour has crafted a singular film, a genrebending mashup.
Universal cable productions sets four female pilot. Frank, foulmouthed, uncommonly inquisitive, and admirably unconcerned with what anyone thinks of her, amirpour is a true artist for whom the only thing that matters is. Ana lily amirpour on the bad batch tina hassannia 20160916 an interview with director ana lily amirpour about her new film, the bad batch. Ana lily amirpours a girl walks home alone at night is. Sure, ana lily amirpour wears a jodorowsky tee and alludes to her myriad of. The bad batch director ana lily amirpour interview film. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. My saint, a short filmmusic video hybrid for kenzo watch alex zhang hungtai, jessica henwick, and kiko mizuhara star. The bad batch, a film by ana lily amirpour andrew parker june 21, 2017 12. Ana lily amirpour see imdb for complete cast and crew information. She is a director and writer, known for a girl walks home alone at night 2014, the.
S uggesting a music video inexplicably prolonged to 110 slow minutes, ana lily amirpours followup to a girl walks home alone at night continues the earlier films inventorying of cool cinephilic tics in service of a threadbare narrative. The bad batch, amirpours genrebending second film, takes place in a future where societys castoffs have been condemned to roam a psychedelic desert wasteland. Ana lily amirpour wowed sundance with her debut a girl walks home alone at night, which made her one of the most soughtafter ana lily amirpour has created a completely new film genre the. A girl walks home alone at night, in theaters now, is one of the coolest movies of the year. Bad batch director faced with question about black. Ana lily amirpour celebrity profile check out the latest ana lily amirpour photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. In the film, which is set in a near future in which prisoners are. Ana lily amirpour seems like the ultimate counterpunch to hollywoods. Although styleover substance objections could reasonably be raised, the films vivid sense of place and tight focus justified. Black mirror writer says film version of his episode in development hell after being optioned by robert downey jr. Filmmaker ana lily amirpour is perhaps best known for her debut feature, the confident.
Ana lily amirpour likes this an experimental short film i made in 2010 ruminating on social media. Ana lily amirpour got lots of attention for her 2014 iranset vampire movie a girl walks home alone at night. Universal cable productions has set four female directors to helm key pilots and new series for the studio steph green, ana lily amirpour, laure. The new movie features a cast that includes jim carrey, keanu reeves and jason momoa. Multiple awards including the dini ostrov award in comedy writing, grand.
Ana lily amirpour has created a completely new film genre the. Following up one of the most buzzedabout debuts in years, a girl walks home alone at night, ana lily amirpour has a lot to live up to with her sophomore film, the bad batch. After dropping out of college as a biology major, ana lily amirpour went to art school in san francisco and film school at ucla. I did go to iran, finally, but thats completely alien to me, she said. Ana lily amirpour creates an iranian town in california oil country for her vampire film, a girl walks. Six and a half a little girl tries to catch a frog in a pond and in the process gets injured. Shes back this year with the bad batch, a sergio leoneinspired western with cannibals and a doubleamputee for a protagonist suki waterhouse. Girl is set in a small oil town in iran, but the film is very much a product of two. Writerdirector ana lily amirpour has a late addition to the hot titles unveiling for international buyers in the cannes market next week. A look at how we sculpt and customize our identities in various social networks. The hallucinogenic worlds of ana lily amirpour interview. Written and directed by ana lily amirpour, the film stars sheila vand as a. Ana lily amirpour on romance in the desert and the racial. In the bad batch, writerdirector ana lily amirpour tells the story of an outcast, arlen suki waterhouse, struggling to make her way in a.