The New Wave Cinema in Iran

The New Wave Cinema in Iran

Author: Parviz Jahed

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2022-06-02

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1501369105

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The New Wave Cinema in Iran is a historical and analytical study of the Iranian New Wave Cinema (Mowj-e No) as an artistic and intellectual movement that came to its best early productions between 1958 and 1978. As the movement has a long history, Parviz Jahed focuses on the development and the early progression of the movement in the 1960s and explores its emergence and development in the context of the cultural and social conditions of Iran during this period. Jahed first defines the term 'New Wave' in Iran's film culture, in order to identify the root elements that gave traction to this movement. He analyses the degree to which different elements and factors have contributed to the formation of this cinema, accounting for the different approaches of Iranian intellectual filmmakers towards modernity and a modern form of cinema in Iran. The book finishes by studying the works of three intellectual figures and influential filmmakers of the 1960s, Ebrahim Golestan, Farrokh Ghaffari, and Feraydoon Rahnama, who are arguably considered the forerunners of the New Wave Cinema in Iran.


A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2

A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 2

Author: Hamid Naficy

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2011-09-16

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 0822347741

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Social history of Iranian cinema that explores cinema's role in creating national identity and contextualizes Iranian cinema within an international arena.


The New Iranian Cinema

The New Iranian Cinema

Author: Richard Tapper

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Published: 2002-09-06

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9781860648045

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Iranian cinema is today widely recognised not merely as a distinctive national cinema, but as one of the most innovative and exciting mzzin the world. This book shows how contemporary Iranian film has firm roots, both from before the revolution and in richer and more profound cultural traditions that have survived many centuries of political and social change.


Iranian Cosmopolitanism

Iranian Cosmopolitanism

Author: Golbarg Rekabtalaei

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1108418511

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A unique look at how cinema shaped the cosmopolitan society in Tehran through cultural exchanges between Iran and the world.


Close Up

Close Up

Author: Hamid Dabashi

Publisher: Verso

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781859846261

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Abbas Kiarostami planted Iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes film festival for his film A Taste of Cherry in 1997. In this book Hamid Dabashi examines the growing reputation of Iranian cinema from its origins in the films of Kimiyai and Mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as Kiarostami, Beyzai and Bani-Etemad, to young filmmakers like Samira Makhmalbaf and Bahman Qobadi, who triumphed at the Cannes 2000 festival. Dabashi combines exclusive interviews with directors, detailed and insightful commentary, critical cultural context, an extensive filmography, and generous illustration to provide an indispensable guide to a globally celebrated but little-studied cinematic genre. Book jacket.


A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4

A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4

Author: Hamid Naficy

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 0822348780

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In the fourth and final volume of A History of Iranian Cinema, Hamid Naficy looks at the extraordinary efflorescence in Iranian film and other visual media since the Islamic Revolution.


Masters and Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema

Masters and Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema

Author: Hamid Dabashi

Publisher: Mage Publishers

Published: 2023-05-23

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1949445550

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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.


Iranian Cinema and the Islamic Revolution

Iranian Cinema and the Islamic Revolution

Author: Shahla Mirbakhtyar

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-02-18

Total Pages: 211

ISBN-13: 1476609837

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In spite of international award-winning productions, Iran's cinema is underexposed. Because of the prevailing religious, political and social atmosphere in Iran, the country's cinema remained stagnant for more than 50 years. Although the "new" Iranian cinema had begun to develop before the 1979 revolution, the political changes gave rise to a new wave of expression. This volume examines the two waves of modern Iranian cinema: before and after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The first began about 1969, and the second started in 1984 and carried its momentum through 1997. Topics discussed include the effect of cultural mores on cinematic growth, the development of Iranian cinema as a reaction against commercial cinema and the effect of politics on the film industry. Foreign influence (largely American and Indian) on Iranian films is also examined. Critical sources used are primarily Persian to give the reader a culturally inclusive view of each production. Specific films discussed include Fickle, The Cow, Mud-brick and Mirror, Captain Khorshid and Downpour. A chapter-by-chapter filmography is included.


An Accented Cinema

An Accented Cinema

Author: Hamid Naficy

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 0691186219

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In An Accented Cinema, Hamid Naficy offers an engaging overview of an important trend--the filmmaking of postcolonial, Third World, and other displaced individuals living in the West. How their personal experiences of exile or diaspora translate into cinema is a key focus of Naficy's work. Although the experience of expatriation varies greatly from one person to the next, the films themselves exhibit stylistic similarities, from their open- and closed-form aesthetics to their nostalgic and memory-driven multilingual narratives, and from their emphasis on political agency to their concern with identity and transgression of identity. The author explores such features while considering the specific histories of individuals and groups that engender divergent experiences, institutions, and modes of cultural production and consumption. Treating creativity as a social practice, he demonstrates that the films are in dialogue not only with the home and host societies but also with audiences, many of whom are also situated astride cultures and whose desires and fears the filmmakers wish to express. Comparing these films to Hollywood films, Naficy calls them "accented." Their accent results from the displacement of the filmmakers, their alternative production modes, and their style. Accented cinema is an emerging genre, one that requires new sets of viewing skills on the part of audiences. Its significance continues to grow in terms of output, stylistic variety, cultural diversity, and social impact. This book offers the first comprehensive and global coverage of this genre while presenting a framework in which to understand its intricacies.


Iranian Cinema Uncensored

Iranian Cinema Uncensored

Author: Shiva Rahbaran

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2015-12-18

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0857728296

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The New Iranian Cinema is considered by many to be the most fascinating cultural phenomenon produced within the Islamic Republic of Iran. Containing twelve first-hand interviews with the most renowned film-makers living and working in contemporary Iran, this book provides insights into film-making within a society often at odds with its rulers. Reflecting upon the 1979 revolution and its influence on their work, as well as the effect of their films on Iranian audiences, film-makers such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi highlight the key issues surrounding the reception of Iranian cinema in the West and also its role in the development of Iran's global image. Through these conversations Shiva Rahbaran reveals that the seeds of the New Iranian Cinema were sown long before the revolution, and that Iranian film-makers gave rise to a cinema which became a global phenomenon despite censorship, sanctions and political isolation.