Iranian Cinema Uncensored

ISBN: 9781784534172 出版年：2015 页码：289 Shiva Rahbaran Bloomsbury Publishing

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, 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 idevelopment of Iran's global image. Through these conversations Shiva Rahbaran reveals that the seeds of the New Iranian Cinema were sothe revolution, and that Iranian film-makers gave riwhich became a global phenomenon despite censorship, sanctions and political isolation.