Makhmalbaf at Large

The Making of a Rebel Filmmaker

AvHamid Dabashi

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Beskrivning

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. 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. 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. 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.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 hates art, this political activist who abhors politics, this thinking, pondering, critical intellect… I have learned much from him. Perhaps he too, has learned from me. The times he and I have spent together have been occasions of discovery and illumination.'

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-11-28
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Filformat:PDF
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780857714558
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Born in Iran, he received a dual Ph.D. in the sociology of culture and Islamic studies from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University. Dabashi has written and edited many books, including Iran, the Green Movement and the USA and The Arab Spring, as well as numerous chapters, essays, articles and book reviews. He is an internationally renowned cultural critic, whose writings have been translated into numerous languages.Dabashi has been a columnist for the Egyptian Al-Ahram Weekly for over a decade, and is a regular contributor to Al Jazeera and CNN. He has been a committed teacher for nearly three decades and is also a public speaker, a current affairs essayist, a staunch anti-war activist and the founder of Dreams of a Nation. He has four children and lives in New York with his wife, the Iranian-Swedish feminist scholar and photographer Golbarg Bashi.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface: The Dinner of 1996 by Mohsen MakhmalbafIntroductionLONG SHOT1 On the Paradoxical Rise of a National Cinema and the Iconic Making of a Rebel Filmmaker2 Makhmalbaf at Large: The Making of a Rebel FilmmakerMEDIUM SHOT3 Dead Certainties: The Early Makhmalbaf or the Purgatory of a Rebel Filmmaker 4 The Rebel Matures: Makhmalbaf's 'Moment of Innicence'5 Recasting the Subject: The Anticolonial Rebel at Work6 The Gnostic Simplicity of Silence: Makhmalbaf as an Ascetic RevolutionaryCLOSE UP7 The Beauty of the Beast: From Cannes to 'Kandahar'FLASH BACKConclusionEpigraphBibliographyMohsen Makhmalbaf: A Complete FilmographyMohsen Makhmalbaf: A Complete BibliographyIndex