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1 Writing About Iranian Cinema
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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Of Films, Critics, and Chronicity ix
- First Principles 1
-
Focus On Iranian Cinema
- Writing About Iranian Cinema 21
- A Girl and Two Women 27
- Blood and Cherries, Snow and Dust 39
- Mirror Images, or Children of Paradise 62
- Angels beyond America 72
- The Children Are Watching Us 83
- Women and Children First 97
-
Europe, The Americas, And Beyond
- Carry Me Home 113
- The Happiness of Your Friends and Neighbors 139
- Getting Straight 151
- Stones and Roses 164
- Hot and Cold, or Seasons Change 175
- All about My, Your, Their Mother 187
- Of Virgin Suicide, Human Bondage, and Male Indulgence 202
- The Space of Time, the Sound of Silence 215
- Aberdeen on the Adriatic 232
-
Form, Genre, Oeuvre, And Other Arts
- Wooden Allen, or Artificial Exteriors 251
- Latter-Day Bergman 260
- Notes on Film Genre 268
- Notes on Film Form 284
- Theatre and Fiction into Film: Notes on Two Paradigmatic Scenes, One Metaphoric Fiction, and An Omnibus Adaptation 292
- The Preemptive Image 315
- Further Reading 323
- Selected Directorial Filmographies 331
- Index 337
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Of Films, Critics, and Chronicity ix
- First Principles 1
-
Focus On Iranian Cinema
- Writing About Iranian Cinema 21
- A Girl and Two Women 27
- Blood and Cherries, Snow and Dust 39
- Mirror Images, or Children of Paradise 62
- Angels beyond America 72
- The Children Are Watching Us 83
- Women and Children First 97
-
Europe, The Americas, And Beyond
- Carry Me Home 113
- The Happiness of Your Friends and Neighbors 139
- Getting Straight 151
- Stones and Roses 164
- Hot and Cold, or Seasons Change 175
- All about My, Your, Their Mother 187
- Of Virgin Suicide, Human Bondage, and Male Indulgence 202
- The Space of Time, the Sound of Silence 215
- Aberdeen on the Adriatic 232
-
Form, Genre, Oeuvre, And Other Arts
- Wooden Allen, or Artificial Exteriors 251
- Latter-Day Bergman 260
- Notes on Film Genre 268
- Notes on Film Form 284
- Theatre and Fiction into Film: Notes on Two Paradigmatic Scenes, One Metaphoric Fiction, and An Omnibus Adaptation 292
- The Preemptive Image 315
- Further Reading 323
- Selected Directorial Filmographies 331
- Index 337