The cinema of North Africa and the Middle East / edited by Gönül Dönmez-Colin ; [preface by Abbas Kiarostami].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dönmez-Colin, Gönül.

Series:

24 frames

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Africa.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Africa.

Motion pictures--Middle East.

Motion picture producers and directors--Africa.

Motion picture producers and directors--Middle East.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Wallflower Press, 2007.

Summary:

The appreciation of the cinema of North Africa and the Middle East has blossomed over the 1990s and 2000s with worldwide acclaim for films from such eminent directors as Abbas Kiarostami and Nuri Bilge Ceylan. This volume is a timely exploration of the vibrant films of this relatively undiscovered region of filmmaking, featuring 24 essays on individual selected films, many by scholars and writers based in the region. It explores established film cultures such as those of Turkey and Iran, and also nascent cinemas such as those of Israel, Palestine and Syria, unveiling a fertile region of filmmaking ripe for discovery by all consumers of global cinema. Selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), Umut (Turkey, 1970), The Runner (Iran, 1989), Youssef (Algeria, 1993), The Silences of the Palace (Tunisia, 1994), Once Upon a Time, Beirut (Lebanon, 1994), Chronicle of a Disappearance (Palestine, 1996), Circle of Dreams (Israel, 2000), Ten (Iran, 2002) and Uzak (Turkey, 2003).

Contents:

01 Ghazal Al-Banat / Candy Floss / Kay Dickinson 13

02 Bab El-Hadid / Cairo Station / Lina Khatib 23

03 Al-Momia / The Mummy / Iman Hamam 31

04 Umut / Hope Gonul / Donmez-Colin 41

05 Gelin / The Bride / Ayla Kanbur 51

06 Tabiat-E Bijan / Still Life / Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa 61

07 Traversees / Crossing Over / Roy Armes 71

08 Davandeh / The Runner / Hamid Dabashi 81

09 Lo Sam Zayin / I don't Give A Damn / Yehuda Judd Ne'eman 91

10 Nujum Al-Nahar / Stars in Broad Daylight / Rasha Salti 101

11 Docharkheh Savar / The Cyclist / Gonul Donmez-Colin 113

12 Bab Al-Sama Maftouh / A Door to the Sky / Florence Martin 123

13 Youcef ou la Legende du Septieme Dormant / Youssef or the Legend of the Seventh Sleeper / Roy Armes 135

14 Samt Al-Qusur / Silences of the Palace / Viola Shafik 145

15 Kan ya ma kan Beirut / Once Upon A Time, Beirut / Lina Khatib 157

16 Segell Ikhtifa / Chronicle of a Disappearance / Haim Bresheeth 169

17 Eskiya / The Bandit / Nezih Erdogan 181

18 Beyrouth al Gharbiyya / West Beirut / Mona Deeley 191

19 Kikar Hahalomot / Circle of Dreams / Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber 201

20 Kippur / Nitzan Ben-Shaul 213

21 Muwatin, Mukhbir wa Harami / Citizen, Detective and Thief / Viola Shafik 223

22 Ten / Gonul Donmez-Colin 235

23 Uzak / Distant / S. Ruken Ozturk 247

24 Forget Baghdad: Jews and Arabs - The Iraqi Connection / Ruth Tsoffar 257.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-286) and index.

ISBN:

9781905674114

1905674112

9781905674107

1905674104

OCLC:

148788597