Anyone who has ever doubted that
a country like Iran could develop a film industry should be delightfully
shocked to turn the pages of this hallmark of film history and criticism that
is at the same time an intimate letter, a personal travelogue, a loving homage,
and a probing critique of one of the world’s most poetic national cinemas.Iran enjoys an age-old history of
the arts and their attending philosophies, spiritualities, and social
dialogues.And as a postcolonial
culture, it has undergone its own struggle to develop artistic technologies
that address and express its people, their traditions, and their contemporary
needs.Hamid Dabashi embraces all of
these concerns with a fund of knowledge and interpretative acuity that often
disarms the reader, only to beguile the skeptic with the assured charm of savvy
wit. more… COMING SOON!
