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Iranian Cinema: A Political History

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This book reveals the history of Iran through its cinema as Sadr uses the films themselves to tell the story of shifting political, economic and social situations. The book covers the broad spectrum of Iran's cinema, offering vivid descriptions of key films and recurring themes and tropes, such as the preponderance of images of childhood, and what these reveal about Iranian society. It includes films throughout the 20th century with special emphasis on recent films influenced by September 11, from Mohsen Makhmalbaf's astonishing Kandahar to Saddiq Barmak's angry work Osama .

392 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

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January 10, 2017
One of my favourite books about Iranian cinema, it describe decade by decade the evolution of cinema in Iran and how it is related to politics an how the policy makers has approach to it and use it as a weapon forte ir osan convenience.
A magnific piece.
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March 17, 2018
Alors c'était déjà plus pertinent que ma précédente lecture sur le cinéma iranien, même si l'auteur suivait le même modèle : présentation du contexte suivi d'une présentation des productions cinématographiques alimenté de quelques analyses. On a un panorama complet et chronologique avec les lignes majeurs et quelques détails sur certains films. On aurait cependant aimé des analyses plus détaillés sur des thèmes intriguant : on est content de savoir que tel film construit une identité, mais ce n'est pas suffisant de nous l'expliquer en un paragraphe de 15 l. Il s'agit plus d'une introduction au cinéma iranien. On veut la suite !
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May 17, 2020
قرأت النسخة العربية من الكتاب من ترجمة "المركز القومي للترجمة"

كتاب جميل يتكلم فيه حامد رضا حول البعد السياسي والاجتماعي للافلام في السينما الايرانية معتقدا ان كل فيلم له مضمون سياسي بشكل واعي أو غير واعي

كتاب جميل لمحبين السينما الايرانية
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