Masters and masterpieces of Iranian cinema / Dabashi Hamid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dabashi, Hamid, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Iran.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures, Iranian.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion picture producers and directors--Iran.

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

Motion pictures--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (462 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Mage Publishers Inc., [2023]

Summary:

"An academically acclaimed and globally celebrated cultural critic, Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of a number of highly acclaimed books and articles on Iran, Islam, comparative literature, world cinema, and the philosophy of art, among them Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, Future; Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema (editor), Iran: A People Interrupted, and Iran without Borders: Towards a Critique of the Postcolonial Nation. He lives with his family in New York City."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Letter to a young filmmaker

Forugh Farrokhzad, The house is black

Ebrahim Golestan, Mud brick and mirror

Dariush Mehrjui, The cow

Arby Ovanessian, Spring

Bahman Farmanara, Prince Ehtejab

Sohrab Shahid Sales, Still life

Amir Naderi, The runner

Bahram Beizai, Bashu : the little stranger

Abbas Kiarostami, Through the olive trees

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A moment of innocence

Marziyeh Meshkini, The day I became a woman

Jafar Pahani, Crimson gold.

Other Format:

Print version: Hamid, Dabashi Masters and Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema

ISBN:

9781949445558

OCLC:

1378935125