Directory of World Cinema: Iran

Distributed for Intellect Ltd
293 pages
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50 color plates
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7 x 10
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© 2012
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction by the Editor
Film of the Year: About Elly
Independent Cinema and Censorship in Iran: Interview with Jafar Panahi
Directors:
Abbas Kiarostami
Ebrahim Golestan
Jafar Panahi
Dariush Mehrjui
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Emergence of Cinema in Iran
Film Farsi as the Mainstream Cinema
The Forerunners of the New Wave Cinema in Iran
Iranian New Wave (1969–79)
Melodrama in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Post-Revolutionary Art Cinema in Iran
The Image of War in Iranian Cinema
The Image of Children
Cultural Diversity in Iranian Cinema
Recommended Reading
Iranian Cinema Online
Test Your Knowledge
Notes on Contributors
Filmography
Introduction by the Editor
Film of the Year: About Elly
Independent Cinema and Censorship in Iran: Interview with Jafar Panahi
Directors:
Abbas Kiarostami
Ebrahim Golestan
Jafar Panahi
Dariush Mehrjui
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The Emergence of Cinema in Iran
Film Farsi as the Mainstream Cinema
The Forerunners of the New Wave Cinema in Iran
Iranian New Wave (1969–79)
Melodrama in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Post-Revolutionary Art Cinema in Iran
The Image of War in Iranian Cinema
The Image of Children
Cultural Diversity in Iranian Cinema
Recommended Reading
Iranian Cinema Online
Test Your Knowledge
Notes on Contributors
Filmography
Review Quotes
James B. Evans | Electric Sheep
“All in all a fresh and intelligently pithy story of Iranian cinema.”
Arezou Zalipour, Media International Australia
“Successfully maps the long history of creativity, intellectualism and imagination of Iran. This book makes an important contribution to the area of Iranian cinema and film and is recommended to those who want to know more about Iran and its extraordinary cinema.”
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