Iranian cinema uncensored : contemporary filmmakers since the Islamic revolution / Shiva Rahbaran ; translated by Maryam Mohajer and Shiva Rahbaran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rahbaran, Shiva, 1970- author, translator.

Contributor:

Mohajer, Maryam, translator.

Series:

International library of the moving image ; 36.

International library of the moving image

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--Iran--Interviews.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Iran.

Motion pictures.

Local Subjects:

Iran.

Genre:

Interviews.

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 268 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2016.

Summary:

In this unique book, twelve of the most renowned and important filmmakers of contemporary Iran speak candidly about creating cinema in a revolutionised and traumatised society. They reflect on the Iranian revolution and the influence of its aftermath on their work, as well as the effects of their work on audiences worldwide. They offer first-hand insights into the influence they have had on the making of Iran's image; how the seeds of New Iranian Cinema were sown decades before the revolution and how these seeds grew into a cinema that became a global phenomenon, despite censorship, ideology wars, sanctions and political isolation; and how they took sustenance from the works of western and global cineastes as well as from the long tradition of art and poetry of Iran.

Contents:

1 The Role of Post-Revolutionary Institutions in the Development of Iranian Cinema / Mohammad Beheshti Beheshti, Mohammad 1

2 The Myth of Revolutionary Cinema / Bahrain Beyzaie Beyzaie, Bahrain 27

3 Where is the Revolution? / Abbas Kiarostami Kiarostami, Abbas 59

4 Islamic Ideology and Post-revolutionary Intellectual Films / Dariush Mehrjui Mehrjui, Dariush 79

5 Exporting New Iranian Cinema / Bahman Farmanara Farmanara, Bahman 101

6 Cinema as a Mirror of the Urban Image / Rakhshan Bani-Etemad Bani-Etemad, Rakhshan 127

7 The Revolution and the Cleansing of Film Farsi / Majid Majidi Majidi, Majid 147

8 Cinema and Resistance / Jafar Panahi Panahi, Jafar 163

9 New Iranian Cinema and the Education of the Masses / Tahmineh Milani Milani, Tahmineh 179

10 Cinema, War and Peace / Ebrahim Hatamikia Hatamikia, Ebrahim 201

11 An Interview That Never Was / Mohsen Makhmalbaf Makhmalbaf, Mohsen 235.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781784534172

178453417X

1784534188

9781784534189

OCLC:

939531359