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From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places In-Between: Reframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Christopher Gow
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Description for From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places In-Between: Reframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Paperback. Gow expands understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema by examining the links between the New Iranian Cinema and emigre Iranian filmmaking, from the uncompromising German films of Sohrab Shahid Saless, to Vadim Perlman's exploration of the Iranian experience of exile in the Oscar-nominated 'House of Sand and Fog'. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
The New Iranian Cinema has had a fascinating success story in world cinema and critics have hailed Iranian films as alternatives to the homogenising global influence of mainstream Hollywood cinema. Drawing on seminal ideas of 'art cinema', Christopher Gow examines how the success of this cinema and the films of Abbas Kiarostami, its foremost proponent, can be accounted for by the extent to which they fit into a pre-established notion of art cinema. Gow also expands understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema by examining the links between the New Iranian Cinema and emigre Iranian filmmaking, from the uncompromising German films of ... Read more
The New Iranian Cinema has had a fascinating success story in world cinema and critics have hailed Iranian films as alternatives to the homogenising global influence of mainstream Hollywood cinema. Drawing on seminal ideas of 'art cinema', Christopher Gow examines how the success of this cinema and the films of Abbas Kiarostami, its foremost proponent, can be accounted for by the extent to which they fit into a pre-established notion of art cinema. Gow also expands understanding of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema by examining the links between the New Iranian Cinema and emigre Iranian filmmaking, from the uncompromising German films of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848855274
SKU
V9781848855274
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About Christopher Gow
Christopher Gow is currently a tutor in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education at the University of Glasgow. He did his postgraduate research into New Iranian Cinema and emigre Iranian filmmaking at SOAS and at the University of Warwick. From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places In-Between is his first major publication.
Reviews for From Iran to Hollywood and Some Places In-Between: Reframing Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
'Gow's book valuably enhances our understanding of the cinematic efflorescence that produced Kiarostami, Makhmalbaf, Panahi and others by expanding its boundaries both temporally and geographically.' - Godfrey Cheshire, film critic and filmmaker; 'The book makes an important contribution to studies of Iranian cinema by offering a much needed nuanced approach that balances brilliantly the conceptual with the analytical.' - ... Read more