Fire

آری، آری ، زندگی زیباست زندگی آتشگهی دیرنده پا برجاست گر بیفروزیش، رقص شعله اش در هر کران پیداست ورنه، خاموش است وخاموشی گناه ماست سیاوش کسرایی / / / / / Life is like fire, can burns forever. If we turn it on we can see flame dances from far away, other wise its dark and thats our fault.

-This movie remind me of my memories from Iran.

Me- Iran?? When you were there?

- at 78-79, I was working there.

Me -where, which cities?

- I was in Tehran, I was an engineer in Tehran and we were on contract. This movie jusst remind me of the memories I have, so close to home.

Me - so you were there before revolution, how did you like it?

- I was there when the masacared happened at Jaleh sq. They just got the guns and killed pepole like the one you jsut saw in that movie. My daughter was at school, her school was close to that sq. She had such a hard time, she was a tiny blond girl. We thought we are not gone see here any more, we were so worried for her. School send the kids home with a school bus. They Have told the american kids to lay dawn in the bus and the Iranian were seating close to the windows, so pepole from outside the bus couldn't see the americans. My daughter was so scared.
Or when pepole burned alive in the movie theater.
But we had a good landlord, she was taking care of us, she used to tell us where to go or where not to go or when, some times she even did the shopping for us. It was so scary for any American to be seen in the street. I used to tell pepople that I am Canadian, so it would colm down pepole a little bit.
The night pepole went to roofs and start saying Allah Akbar, we thought we are going to die. so we drank all the Scotch's that we had. we thought if we are going to die so lets be drunk so we don't find out whats gone happen to us.
But we also had a good time there, just before we leave we went to Perspolise, we were lucky to see there, not every body could go there.
We left a week after Shah left. So many memories....