Makhmalbaf at Large :The Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

Publication subTitle :The Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

Author: Dabashi> Hamid  

Publisher: I.B.Tauris‎

Publication year: 2007

E-ISBN: 9780857714558

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781845115319

Subject: J9 Movies, TV

Keyword: 电影、电视艺术

Language: ENG

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The name of Mohsen Makhmalbaf is almost synonymous with the dramatic rise of Iranian cinema in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution, and over the last quarter of a century, his career as filmmaker and writer has reflected the tumultuous history of his homeland and the fate of its neighbours. _x000D__x000D_Hamid Dabashi draws from his friendship with Makhmalbaf, as well as his direct involvement with Makhmalbaf's films and thought, to give us this deeply engaging book on the tumultuous life and spectacular career of a great filmmaker. _x000D__x000D_This is also the account of Makhmalbaf's transformation, from committed Muslim revolutionary, who was jailed for his part in the revolution, into an artistic humanist of great energy and elegance. His films, including 'The Peddler' and 'The Time for Love', 'Salaam Cinema', 'Gabbeh', 'Silence' and 'Kandahar', confound conventional genres and are always surprising. They represent his own journey and take part in it, in ways that Dabashi explores with great insight. _x000D__x000D_Makhmalbaf's cinematic career started in Iran and has since expanded into Turkey, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and into Europe. Dabashi uncovers how, moving across boundaries, Makhmalbaf's creative genius can illuminate our contemporary world._x000D__x000D_And this book is in part the story of a friendship. As Mohsen Makhmalbaf writes in its Preface: 'Hamid Dabashi - this pious atheist friend of mine, the man who loves cinema and h

Chapter

Long Shot

1. On the Paradoxical Rise of a National Cinema and the Iconic Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

2. Makhmalbaf at Large: The Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

Medium Shot

3. Dead Certainties: The Early Makhmalbaf or the Purgatory of a Rebel Filmmaker

4. The Rebel Matures: Makhmalbaf's 'A Moment of Innocence'

5. Recasting the Subject: The Anticolonial Rebel at Work

6. The Gnostic Simplicity of Silence: Makhmalbaf as an Ascetic Revolutionary

Close Up

7. The Beauty of the Beast: From Cannes to Kandahar

Flash Back

Conclusion

Notes to Chapters

Index

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