Cinema of Iran

on one hand cinema is considered as a modern industry and on the other hand as the cultural need in our country and undoubtedly it is one of the most fundamental and effective media which plays an active role in continuing the expansion and survival of real art and culture of a society. It can be said that cinema is a polyhedral phenomenon which is affected by human culture and influences more cultures. Cinema and watching movie in theaters or in another words going to cinema is one of the most important options for passing leisure time in the societies in which politicians of public culture section encourages and strengthens cinema by relaying on different and diverse legal process and other effective tools. Due to the fact that passing…

when Makhmalbaf asks Sabzian if he has seen him before. This scene’s reflexivity is used to explore questions of authority, deception, identity and desire by emphasizing the way the story is told. It allows analyzation of several perspectives, alternate/ unofficial histories and differentiates cultural, social, and political frames. Both Makhmalbaf and Kiarostami are involved in representing political, social, and cultural frames. In “Reflexive Cinema” it states “For Makhmalbaf, the supposed…

On August 19, 1978, the Rex Cinema was set aflame, but were “religious fanatics” truly to blame? Today, we honor the 400+ people who lost their lives in this incident. Growing up, I, Marjane Satrapi, experienced the unspeakable. Therefore, I want to open up about what I experienced during that time. Furthermore, my new graphic novel Persepolis was released recently and I wanted to use it as a way to take a closer look at my experience regarding this event. Additionally, I’d like to thank the BBC…

Similar to his criticism of the disease plaguing Iranians of mimicking the West, Ahmad stresses the importance of Islam as the preventive medicine to fetishizing machines like the Europeans. To the doctor diagnosing his country with Occidentosis, the medicine was clear. Iranian’s must remind remember their religion and by focusing less on pleasing the west and more on pleasing God, Iran will once again become a power to be…

The article “Iran and the Shah: What Really Happened” by James Perloff is biased as the article lacks coverage of the other side and how discontent they were. The author identifies the Shah to be a long-term ally of the United States explaining that while the Shah was in power, he made his country have a well established economic growth even though not everyone seemed to enjoy the growth, and he made women have the equal amount of rights as male citizens of Iran. However, he doesn’t include the…

film’s release. The study allows researchers to examine how an idea or perception of something can change over the course of several years. United States cinema has been able to record how American involvement in the…

Hypocrisy is a dangerous idea to dabble in. And unfortunately, hypocrisy seems to be present in everything. Namely, hypocrisy plays a large role in Iran’s politics and religion. Not only is it present in the real world, but the detrimental effect of hypocrisy is largely reflected in Iranian cinema as well. In the film Shokaran by Behrouz Afkhami, hypocrisy in relationships between men and women is depicted to represent how hypocrisy is embedded within the religious and political sectors of Iran.…

Place The Iranian Revolution took place in 1979, when Iran became a religious fundamentalist society and theocracy, changing the country as the Iranian people knew it. Clothing and fashion became centered around modesty as the new leaders believed that hair would stimulate and distract others. Children were enlisted—as young as age twelve—to go to war. The new theocratic government had a Supreme Leader who enacted legal changes, not for the will of the people, but for his own agenda. The drastic…

that Iranians are extremist and as well agree with terrorism acts of the past. 2. She was motivated by friends she was working with at a studio to tell her stories on behalf of other Iranians, more so who had suffered in the war and to convince his readers that Iran as a whole should not be blamed because of the acts of some few extremist. The Veil 1. The novel begins when the writer is ten in 1980, just after the Islamic revolution. 2. Education was negatively affected after abolition of…

led up to overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty. The first being the government monopoly on tobacco products which created a protest in 1891. Then came the Anglo oil company which was controlled by the British. Which created a lot of anger for the Iranian people who lived in poverty and believed the oil was rightfully theirs. Later, in 1963 came the Shia cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who came out openly and stated that the Shah is on the path towards the destruction of Islam in Iran.…