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Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-makers since the Islamic Revolution
Shiva Rahbaran
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Description for Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-makers since the Islamic Revolution
Paperback. First-hand interviews with contemporary Iranian film-makers Translator(s): Rahbaran, Shiva; Mohajer, Maryam. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APF; APFB; HBJF1; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784534189
SKU
V9781784534189
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About Shiva Rahbaran
Shiva Rahbaran holds a DPhil in English Literature from the University of Oxford. She has published several books on the relationship between art and freedom including The Paradox of Freedom and Iranian Writers Uncensored: Democracy, Freedom, and the Word in Contemporary Iran. She was born in Tehran and now lives in London.
Reviews for Iranian Cinema Uncensored: Contemporary Film-makers since the Islamic Revolution
'Iranian cinema continues to twist, turn, and fascinate. It now looks like a mighty river upon which every new generation of critics and scholars casts a new look. Shiva Rahbaran's Iranian Cinema Uncensored is an indispensable new addition to an already rich and diversified body of literature on Iranian cinema. Thorough, probing, insightful, and fresh in her interpretative prowess, Shiva ... Read more