As we enter the last three weeks of my Images of Fascism class we've passed out of the Czechoslovakian film unit (all late 1960's movies) and are entering the Iranian unit. I'm starting off with Jafar Panahi's brilliant 2000 film The Circle, which, happily, my officemate Erik loaned to me. I'm a huge Panahi fan, and I was positive that I had already seen The Circle. I did a preparatory watch last night, and obviously I hadn't seen it before - it's not a film that you would forget. I knew about it, which is why I decided to start our last section with it, but apparently I hadn't seen it. I cannot recommend it too highly. It's devastating, and even my students should be profoundly moved by it. The film focuses on a number of women trying, and failing, to survive the crushing patriarchal nature of the Iranian theocratic state.
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