Trends in Iranian Cinema : Local and Global Perspectives / edited by Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari and Mohammad Rahmati.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari, Behrooz, editor.

Rahmati, Mohammad, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry.

Motion pictures--Iran.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2024.

System Details:

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Summary:

The cinema of Iran is celebrated both locally and internationally, yet elements of this diverse field remain comparatively understudied. This book brings together a diverse range of scholars to explore contemporary Iranian cinema in its local and international contexts from a range of perspectives including aesthetic, socio-political comparative approaches. Its chapters analyse the work of well-known filmmakers on the international film circuit such as Abbas Kiarostami, Mohammad Reza Aslani and Jaffar Panahi, as well as internationally lesser-known domestic films such as those of Kamal Tabrizi and the 'Sacred Defence' films of the Iran-Iraq war. The book further widens its scope with chapters which also examine the material practices of the Iranian film industry itself, including chapters on the process by which Iranian films become 'accessible' to international audience. Finally, it considers, too, representations of Iranians in foreign cinemas, and how these have in turn affected Iranian films.

Contents:

List of Contributors Introduction Behrooz Mahmoodi-Bakhtiari and Mohammad Rahmati Part One: Iranian Cinema - A Look from Within 1 Eastern Caressing Eyes: Persian-Islamic Arts, Haptic Moments and Kiarostami's Cinema Milad Sotoudeh, Sajad Sotoudeh and Alireza Sayyad 2 A Semiological Analysis of Male-Female Relationships in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema Asal Bagheri 3 Off-Screen Voice and Conditions of Meaning in The Wind Will Carry Us (1999) by Abbas Kiarostami Hemen Heidari 4 The Production of War Films During the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) in Iran: A Singular Case in the History of Cinema Agnès Devictor 5 Self-Reflexivity in Iranian New Wave Cinema: The Cases of Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf and Panahi Pardis Minuchehr 6 Coming of Age: Watching the Iranian Youth Grow Up on the Screen Hossein Khosrowjah 7 Representation of Social Issues in Iranian Cinema Azam Ravadrad Part Two: Iranian Cinema and Its Global Reach 8 The Global Roads of Kiarostami Jean-Michel Frodon 9 France-Iran: Fifty Years of Mutual Influence and Admiration Laurent Garreau 10 Perspectives of Iranian Films in German Cinema Stefan Piasecki 11 Presentation of Italian Films in Iran, and Their Impact on Iranian Cinema: A Historical Overview Mohammad Foad Abachi 12 Persia on Celluloid: Depicting the 'Lure' and 'Decadence' of Iran in European Films, 1900s-1930 Golbarg Rekabtalaei

ISBN:

9780755647057

075564705X

OCLC:

1455755827