- An accurate and honest documentary from Danish filmmaker Andreas Mol Dalsgaard, Afghan Muscles looks at the body building culture in Afghanistan and follows a group of hopeful body builders from Kabul to Mr. Asia Competition in Dubai.Despite the familiarity of war ravaged Afghanistan and total absence of women, the filmmaker shows a clear focus offering compelling characters and an accurate depiction of the situation at hand - even the subtitles are accurate. Lately it seems that any foreigner with a camera could get a documentary made in Afghanistan, and though I had initial reservations about this one, I was pleasantly surprised and equally heart broken that not much has changed in the war-torn country.I met with the director Andreas Dalsgaard and producer Jesper Morthorst at Arclight theatres for an interview.Andreas DalsgaardYama Rahimi: How did this project came to you?Andreas Dalsgaard: Well I studied anthropology
- 11/13/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
- The 2007 AFI Fest ended with the screening of Love in the Time of Cholera and the announcement of this year's winners with the politically correct choice of Munyurangabo, an uneven drama set in Rwanda by a Korean-American director was a surprise given the strong line up this year. The tie between Operation Filmmaker and Afghan Muscles was justified, both were evocative and timely, dealing with an Iraqi film student and the other about Afghan body builders. Winners pictured above are: From left to Right: Jenny Lund (Munyurangabo), Nash Edgerton (Spider), Lauren Greenfield (Kids + Money), Jeffrey Schwarz (Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story), Andreas Mol Dalsgaard (Afghan Muscles), Micheal Addis (Heckler). The line up was one of the strongest in years including many films from Cannes (4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Persepolis, Silent Light, Jellyfish, Caramel, Secret Sunshine and others) and Berlin (Irina Palm, The
- 11/13/2007
- IONCINEMA.com
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