Wednesday, January 27, 2010
CMU grad's film to screen at Sundance
Post Gazette: "'Armless,' a feature film directed by Carnegie Mellon University graduate Habib Azar and starring Pittsburgh native Daniel London, will play at the Sundance Film Festival."
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First of all I think that it is a really big and impressive acomplishment to have made it all the way to Sundance, and its also impressive that he is from CMU. I wasnt sure what to expect this article to be but it certainly had nothing to with Body Integrity Identity Disorder. Upon looking it up I was shocked that there exists this type of condition, its slightly terrifying. However, I am proud of Mr Azar and that he was able to shed light on this disorder and I hope his movie will do well at the festival
I think it's really exciting to see that there is recognition for a lot of CMU alumni, other than those that are very famous, that are doing really cool things in the industry. It's nice to see that he has done both acting and directing. As far as this concept of the film, I had never heard of BIID before, and I actually would like to see this film because it could make for some really interesting conflicts.
While it is great to see another accomplished CMU grad hard at work and doing well, I found the most interesting part of this article to be the topic of his movie. I have heard about Body Integrity Identity Disorder before, and it absolutely fascinates me. I can't even fathom wanting to purposely amputate a healthy limb, but the mindset of the people who suffer with this disorder is very intriguing to me. I would be extremely interested in seeing this movie.
It is great that a CMU grad got a movie into the Sundance film festival. I went to the Sundance film festival last year and it was eye opening. Some of the films that I saw there were bad but some of them were great. It is a very unique thing to experience. I also went the year that Little Miss Sunshine was being shown and got to see it. Then it was picked up and became a big film. So I wonder if this film will strike it big at the festival and then be released in main theaters. I would like to see this film to see a CMU grad’s work.
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