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In a crime of opportunity, Arash steals a pair of diamond earrings from the wealthy young woman he works for, Shaydah. Hybridity sits at the heart of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Just as the vampire figure occupies a liminal space between life and death, the film, too, exists in a liminal space. The Persian-language film is set in Iran but shot in America. This sense of in-betweenness also manifests in the film’s genre, which borrows from horror, spaghetti Westerns, coming-of-age stories, and even hints of comedy.
She has also said that "every piece of the story, every character, every costume, every bit of music" is something that she "love to the point of obsession." Amirpour has stated that graphic novels are a major source of inspiration for her. The visual language of the film is not unlike that of a comic book, with its "high-contrast monochrome aesthetic".
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She acts as a sort of vigilante, choosing to feed from those who she considers "bad", killing them without mercy. When one night she runs into Arash, she will finally know the possibilities that love offers, and that even in Bad City, shines a small glimmer of hope. At one point, returning from a costume party , he runs into her on a lonely deserted street. When she sees the drunken Dracula staring up at a lamp-post, mesmerized by the light pouring out into the night, she stops. The Girl and Arash meet outside the power plant. She doesn't eat it while Arash has already started munching his.
They are found by the woman, who kills Hossein. After Atti helps her dispose of Hossein's body, she tells the woman to take the cat and leave. A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night takes place in "the Iranian ghost-town Bad City" and depicts the doings of "a lonesome vampire". It was filmed in Taft, California, in black-and-white.
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She looks to be her employer, as Ashar is doing a little gardening. She looks like she has had a nose surgery job and an obnoxious brat. She is on her mobile phone speaking to somebody about going out. Arash sees a pair of earring and thinks of stealing them to pay for his father's bills.
We know absolutely nothing about The Girl, but there is a pattern...unlike women in Iran, she has a certain, albeit supernatural power, and she uses it to punish men who have bullied others and wallowed in vices. Even if I'm only reading into this, I thought this was liberating in the context of the culture that's old and rich but traditionally repressive against women. Back home, he takes a glass of water to his father, who tells him that he should die and leave him alone. Arash pets Masuka while the attache and its contents are by its side. Saeed is showing off his car in front of a prostitute called Atti (Mozhan Marnò), who gets into his car.
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He finds Saeed dead, and takes back his car keys along with a suitcase of drugs and cash. Arash decides to sell the drugs, allowing him to quit his job working for Shaydah. Later, he goes to a costume party at a night club dressed up as Dracula, where he is persuaded by Shaydah into taking one of the ecstasy pills he is selling.
He immediately resorts to snort cocaine and turns the music up. He unbuttons his sweatshirt and showcases his dance moves. The Girl doesn't reply, and seems interested in looking at the decoration of the flat. When he caresses her mouth, her fangs can be seen. She smiles at him seductively and takes seductively his finger in her mouth.
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By submitting your email, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and to receive email correspondence from us. Commenting on this and other recent articles is just one benefit of a Foreign Policy subscription. Amirpour’s vampire, then, is the embodiment of a hybrid figure who exists somewhere between the cultural references of America and Iran, between life and death, always in between.
Meanwhile, dressed up as Dracula with a cheap black cape, Arash has gone to a disco costume party. Shirin , wearing skeleton makeup and Atti request Ashar for a pill. She convinces Ashar to take one of the pills.
Finally, Arash crosses the line and then stares at the lights while weird looking people around him dance in the dance floor. Arash tries to kiss her, but he gets rejected and she dances with somebody else. Sit on the screen, the tension within the frame dissipating, the image a beautiful picture but with no further revelations to be had within it. Stasis can make the film sag, on occasion, slacken and lose that taut weird otherworldliness. For the most part, though, Amirpour helms the ship confidently and with a lot of love and care. This intriguing Iranian vampire film unfolds in the perpetual night of Bad City where "the Girl" searches—sometimes on a skateboard—for her next meal.
Atti asks if the Girl is a thief, and she replies "no". A young rockabilly-looking youngster picks up a cat . It is young Arash, , an Iranian young man. On his way back to his car, he is bothered by a begging kid . He is despondent and leaves, claiming to have no money. In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
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