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Watched "It was just an accident" (2025) by Jafar Panahi. He's a brave man and the film deserves the acclaim.
There are other Iranian films that touch on the subject of oppression by the regime more obliquely, and therefore maybe more effectively. Still, to do so in such a confrontational way, while secretly making the film in Iran, is quite amazing.
The fact of making the film is enough, in this case. Maybe a real life encounter with one's torturer, which every victim probably longs for, would similarly be a bit of a let down. Turns out he isn't the monster he managed to project into your imagination, but instead the ignorant victim of a stupid system. Or maybe it serves him to be seen as such? I liked the film's comic elements.
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Nice to see that Barry Kauler is still around, developing software. I used PuppyLinux for a number of years. He turned it over to the community in, I think, 2013. Afterwards he developed what he now calls EasyOs. Looks interesting.
- https://bkhome.org Barry Kauler's site
- https://easyos.org EasyOS site
You can also read his Theory of Reality at: