Reform cinema in Iran : film and political change in the Islamic Republic / Blake Atwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atwood, Blake Robert, 1983- author.

Series:

Film and culture

Film and culture series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Iran--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Iran--History--21st century.

Motion pictures--Political aspects--Iran.

Motion picture industry--Political aspects--Iran--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Motion picture industry--Political aspects.

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

History.

Iran.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

x, 255 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]

Summary:

Following a tumultuous revolution and in the face of a years-long war, a new vision of cinema redefined what it meant to make a film in Iran in the 1980s. The Iranian film industry faced rules and regulations that had been developed under the newly established Islamic Republic. Yet beginning in the 1990s, the film industry and a reformist movement led by Mohammad Khatami forged an unlikely partnership that moved audiences away from revolutionary ideas and toward a discourse of reform. In Reform Cinema in Iran Blake Atwood examines how new industrial and aesthetic practices responded to political movements to create a distinct moment in Iran's film history. He provides new readings of such films as Abbas Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry (1997) and Mohsen Makhmalbaf's Time for Love (1990) as well as works by other key Iranian directors. At the same time, he analyzes political speeches, religious sermons and newspaper editorials and pays attention to technological developments, particularly the rise of video to determine their role in democratizing filmmaking and realizing the goals of political reform. Atwood concludes by examining the legacy of reform cinema and argues for the continued relevance of media and media technologies in the pursuit of political change. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: revolutionary cinema and the logic of reform

When love entered cinema: mysticism and the emerging poetics of reform

Screening reform: campaign movies, documentaries, and urban Tehran

Video democracies: or, the death of the filmmaker

Who killed the tough guy? continuity and rupture in the filmfarsi tradition

Film archives and online videos: the search for reform in post-Khatami Iran

Conclusion: Iran's cinema museum and political unrest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, index and filmography.

Other Format:

Online version: Atwood, Blake Robert, 1983- author. Reform cinema in Iran

ISBN:

9780231178167

0231178166

9780231178174

0231178174

OCLC:

947817054