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Abbas Kiraostami planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 1997 for his film A Taste of Cherry. Here the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origins in the films of Kimiai and Mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as Kiraostami, Beyzai and Bani-Etemad, to young film-makers like Samira Makhmalbaf and Bahman Qobadi, who triumphed at the Cannes 2000 festival, is examined. Dabashi employs interviews with directors, insightful commentary on individual films, an extensive filmography, and generous illustration to provide an indispensable guide to a little-studied cinematic genre. Unabashedly polemical, he dissects the idea of the oriental in western perceptions of Iranian cinema and details the way that film festivals and distribution in the west have shaped domestic output in Iran. He looks, too, at the particular difficulties faced by women film-makers in a country of Islamic orthodoxy, and the obstacles placed in the path of directors attempting to introduce dissident politics in their work. 30 b/w photos.
Abbas Kiraostami planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival in 1997 for his film A Taste of Cherry. Here the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origins in the films of Kimiai and Mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as Kiraostami, Beyzai and Bani-Etemad, to young film-makers like Samira Makhmalbaf and Bahman Qobadi, who triumphed at the Cannes 2000 festival, is examined. Dabashi employs interviews with directors, insightful commentary on individual films, an extensive filmography, and generous illustration to provide an indispensable guide to a little-studied cinematic genre. Unabashedly polemical, he dissects the idea of the oriental in western perceptions of Iranian cinema and details the way that film festivals and distribution in the west have shaped domestic output in Iran. He looks, too, at the particular difficulties faced by women film-makers in a country of Islamic orthodoxy, and the obstacles placed in the path of directors attempting to introduce dissident politics in their work. 30 b/w photos.
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On 18 August 1900, for the first time an Iranian looked at the world through a camera. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tiny miseries, creative ego, cinematic career, material misery, cultural modernity, creative resistance, historical agency, ritual birth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reza Shah, Samira Makhmalbaf, New York, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Smell of Camphor, Islamic Republic, Forough Farrokhzad, Tahereh Qorrat, Prince Ehtejab, Sohrab Sepehri, Ahmad Shamlu, The Apple, The Blue-Veiled, The Wind Will Carry Us Away, Abbas Kiarostami, Ayatollah Khomeini, Nima Yushij, Sadeq Hedayat, The Ballad of Tara, Bahram Beiza'i, Historical Man, Shahid Sales, The Peddler, United States, Gholamhossein Sa'edi New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance |
On 18 August 1900, for the first time an Iranian looked at the world through a camera. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tiny miseries, creative ego, cinematic career, material misery, cultural modernity, creative resistance, historical agency, ritual birth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Reza Shah, Samira Makhmalbaf, New York, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Smell of Camphor, Islamic Republic, Forough Farrokhzad, Tahereh Qorrat, Prince Ehtejab, Sohrab Sepehri, Ahmad Shamlu, The Apple, The Blue-Veiled, The Wind Will Carry Us Away, Abbas Kiarostami, Ayatollah Khomeini, Nima Yushij, Sadeq Hedayat, The Ballad of Tara, Bahram Beiza'i, Historical Man, Shahid Sales, The Peddler, United States, Gholamhossein Sa'edi New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance |