With 'Rosewater,' Jon Stewart makes a movie

Brunswick News ^ | 11/11/14 | Jake Coyle

[SoFloFreeper]

....Jon Stewart is sitting outside his offices reflecting on his directorial debut, “Rosewater,” a drama about the unjust imprisonment of journalist Maziar Bahari in Iran....

It’s the morning after “The Daily Show” broadcast live for the midterm elections, including a sketch that reported from the campaign headquarters of the night’s big winner — Money, as played by a hard-partying Rob Riggle — and the desolate base of the night’s loser, Ideas.

....Stewart shot the film last summer in Jordan while on hiatus from “The Daily Show.” In extreme heat, working with a largely international cast and with a small budget, the novice director summoned naturalistic performances from his actors.....

Bahari, who now lives in London, says he and Stewart share a resentment of those who believe they have “a monopoly on truth.”

“It’s futile to regard a government or a person as a monster or evil,” says Bahari. “There’s no evil or monster. There’s just human beings in bad systems.”

[SoFloFreeper]

Ironic, ain't it, that these liberals who champion themselves as free thinkers are the most oppressive thugs in any given room?

[jsanders2001]

And Bahari is wrong; evil does exist, particularly in the cult of Islam.

[VanDeKoik]

I saw a trailer for this on YouTube. It looks fairly interesting. Not going to give money to Obama’s court jester though, so ill check it out when it hits the torrents.

[DJ MacWoW]

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[Opinionated Blowhard]

. . . but Stewart was drawn to the true tale by Bahari’s levity in recounting his 118 days imprisoned and tortured after reporting on Iran’s 2009 elections. . . . “It’s a process that I need to use for myself,” says Stewart. “That’s the way I process events.”

Yeah, Jon. What you do is just like being imprisoned and tortured by an authoritarian government.

[aimhigh]

My still sleeping brain saw the title and thought about Whitewater. Perhaps DeSousa should make a film about Whitewater in time for 2016. (sorry to be off topic).

[a fool in paradise]

Bahari, who now lives in London, says he and Stewart share a resentment of those who believe they have “a monopoly on truth.”