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The Films of Sohrab Shahid Saless: Exile, Displacement and the Stateless Moving Image
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English
Published/Copyright:
2020
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An Iranian immigrant struggling to integrate into 1970s German society, the filmmaker Sohrab Shahid Saless (1944–98) has become a neglected figure in discussions of diaspora cinema. In this – the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic conditions of urban displacement – a range of international scholars provide a comprehensive account of Shahid Saless’s films and production methods.
Outlining his affinity with celebrated directors like Chantal Akerman and Abbas Kiarostami, as well as visual artists like Romuald Karmakar, the contributors firmly position Shahid Saless as a filmmaker who speaks forcefully to the traumas of displacement and migration.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
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Notes on Contributors
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Foreword
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Introduction
1 - Part I The Life and Work of Sohrab Shahid Saless
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1 Slow, Closed, Recessive, Formalist and Dark: The Cinema of Sohrab Shahid Saless
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2 Point of View, Symbolism and Music in Sohrab Shahid Saless’s Utopia
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3 The Blind Owls of Modernity: Of Protocols, Mirrors and Grimaces in Sohrab Shahid Saless’s Films
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4 A Simple Event from a Historical Perspective: What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Realism?
64 - Part II Creative Exiles
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5 Sohrab Shahid Saless and the Political Economy of the New German Cinema
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6 The Aesthetic of Diaspora in Moving Image Practice
101 - Part III The Stateless Moving Image
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7 Curating the Nomadic: Film and Video at Ambika P3
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8 A Certain Tenderness
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9 Statelessness as Practice: Sohrab Shahid Saless and the Work of Exile
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10 Screening Sohrab Shahid Saless’s Work: Contemporary Perspectives
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Interview by Behrang Samsami (Journalist) with Bert Schmidt (Shahid Saless’s Cinematographer)
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Sohrab Shahid Saless’s Filmography
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A Film about Shahid Saless
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Index
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