| Description |
1 online resource (x, 255 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Film and culture
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Film and culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Includes filmography. |
| Summary |
It is nearly impossible to separate contemporary Iranian cinema from the Islamic revolution that transformed film production in the country in the late 1970s. As the aims of the revolution shifted and hardened once Khomeini took power and as an eight-year war with Iraq dragged on, Iranian filmmakers confronted new restrictions. In the 1990s, however, the Reformist Movement, led by Mohammad Khatami and the film industry, developed an unlikely partnership that moved audiences away from revolutionary ideas and toward a discourse of reform. In Reform Cinema in Iran, Blake Atwood examines how new i. |
| Contents |
Introduction: revolutionary cinema and the logic of reform -- When love entered cinema: mysticism and the emerging poetics of reform -- Screening reform: campaign movies, documentaries, and urban Tehran -- Video democracies: or, the death of the filmmaker -- Who killed the tough guy? continuity and rupture in the filmfarsi tradition -- Film archives and online videos: the search for reform in post-Khatami Iran -- Conclusion: Iran's cinema museum and political unrest. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Iran -- History -- 20th century.
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Motion pictures. |
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Iran. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Iran -- History -- 21st century.
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| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- Iran.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects. |
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Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- Iran -- 20th century.
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Motion picture industry -- Political aspects. |
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Motion picture industry. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Atwood, Blake Robert, 1983- Reform cinema in Iran. New York : Columbia University Press, [2016] 9780231178167 (DLC) 2016013376 (OCoLC)947817054 |
| ISBN |
9780231543149 (electronic book) |
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023154314X (electronic book) |
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9780231178167 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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