Iranian Cinema, The Happy Face Of An Unhappy Nation In Tumultuous Days
Kourosh Ziabari - Stony Brook Independent: Cinema is a thriving industry in Iran. It has always been a platform for the artistic dissemination of thoughts and ideas that cannot make their way to the state TV, be summarized in articles in newspapers or discussed in one-sided talk shows. Iranian cinema has been punctually winning a sad and dejected nation honor and pride in difficult and taxing days. It is well-known in our part of the world that good work and reliable products sometimes emerge under intensities and difficulties. Iranian cinema is no exception in being an industry, which has often made progress under pressure, restrictions and limitations. Junk cinema Despite boasting of names such as Asghar Farhadi, even Iranian...
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