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absolutism,
58,
59; antiabsolutism,
32,
41Ādam barfi (The snowman) (film),
20
aesthetics,
105; Islamic set of,
32; M. Makhmalbaf and,
32,
38; mystic,
54African American cinema,
10Afsāneh-ye āh (Legend of a sigh) (film),
117
Āfsāyd (Offside) (film),
204
Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud: Green movement and,
201–2; Majles and,
167; political platform of,
25,
166Alefbā-ye afghan (Afghan alphabet) (film),
21
antidocumentary (
zed-e mostanad),
168Anvar, Fakhreddin,
16,
37Apple (
Sib) (film),
95–96
ARK. See Association of Revolutionary Cinematography
art-house cinema,
73,
136,
163,
165; censorship and,
141; commercial cinema and,
141–42; digital video and,
121; in Egypt,
141; reality and,
65‘Arusi-ye khubān (Marriage of the blessed) (film),
223n60
‘āshurā (mourning ceremony),
53
assault on culture (
tahājom-e farhangi),
100,
101Association of Revolutionary Cinematography (ARK),
8Ātashbas (
Ceasefire) (film),
142
Āthār al-bilād wa-akhbār al-‘ibād (Monuments of the countries and the history of their inhabitants) (Qazvini),
169
avant-garde filmmaking,
7Az Abbas-e Kiarostami motenafferam! (I hate Abbas Kiarostami!) (film),
123
Bād mā rā khāhad bord (
The Wind Will Carry Us) (film),
115,
118
Bāgh-e ferdaws (Ferdows Garden),
22,
197,
198Bahār tā bahār (Spring to spring) (documentary),
85
Balut (Oak) (documentary),
67
Bani-Etemad, Rakhshan,
21,
70,
84,
90,
121,
141,
185; documentary and,
65–66,
69,
72; housing crisis and,
85; Khatami and,
62; montage and,
79; shot of,
71; social commentary and,
64; time and,
88; urbanism and,
24,
73; women and,
63.
See also specific filmsBānu-ye ordibehesht (
May Lady) (film),
62,
218n42
Bāshu, gharibeh-ye kuchak (Bashu, the little stranger) (film),
13,
17,
29
Battle of Algiers (film),
12
Battle of Chile, The (film),
10
Bāykot (
Boycott) (film),
32,
33
Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery,
2,
3Beheshti, Mohammad,
16,
198Berlin International Film Festival,
147Board of Censorship of Programs of Motion Pictures Shows,
5Bonyād-e sinemā-ye Fārābi (Farabi Cinema Foundation),
12,
16,
29,
198Boycott (
Bāykot) (film),
32,
33
Bread, Love, and a 1000cc Motorcycle (
Nān o ‘eshq o mutur-e hezar),
163–64
Bu-ye kāfur, ‘atr-e yās (
The Smell of Camphor, The Scent of Jasmine) (film),
24,
96,
123–35,
125,
129,
135
campaign movies (
film-hā-ye tablighāt-e entekhābāti),
61–62,
99,
100Ceasefire (
Ātashbas) (film),
142
CEDAW. See Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
censorship,
12,
14,
31,
74,
120,
162; art-house cinema and,
141; in Chinese cinema,
9; digital video and,
102; Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and,
28; modesty laws and,
13; women and,
69,
117Center for Women’s Participation,
119Cinema House Festival,
63cinema-related publishing,
198Constitutional Revolution (1905–1911),
59Culture Revolution Institute,
215n82“Dar in bon bast” (In this dead end) (Shamlu),
214n62Darvish, Ahmad Reza,
18,
62Dastforush (The peddler) (film),
32
Dāyereh (The circle) (film),
204
Dāyi jān Nāpol‘on (My Uncle Napoleon) (TV series),
182
democratization, of intellectualism,
130dialogue among civilizations (
goftegu-ye tamaddon-hā),
18,
19,
21,
59,
93,
127,
200Din Shah, Mozaffar al-,
183discourses of sobriety,
92documentary: antidocumentary,
168; Bani-Etemad and,
65–66,
69,
72; commitment, reality and representation and,
63–73; metadocumentary,
181; untimeliness of,
87–94; urban myth and,
73–87.
See also specific documentariesDos Santos, Nelson Perreira,
2earthly love (
‘eshq-e zamini),
43–44Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW),
119‘eshq-e āsemān (heavenly love),
43–44
‘eshq-e zamini (earthly love),
43–44
eslāhtalabi (political reform),
15
Ettelā‘āt (newspaper),
35
“Fairies (Pariā)” (Shamlu),
214n62Farabi Cinema Foundation (Bonyād-e sinemā-ye Fārābi),
12,
16,
29,
198Ferdows Garden (Bāgh-e ferdaws),
22,
197,
198film-e ābgushti (stew films),
140
film-hā-ye tablighāt-e entekhābāti (campaign movies),
61–62,
99,
100
financial incentive policies,
12Ganj-e Qarun (Qarun’s treasure) (film),
164
Gāv (The cow) (film),
3,
50,
73
Gavazn-hā (The deer) (film),
2
gender: homeownership and,
86; inequalities in,
84,
86; legal relations and,
117; norms of,
146; roles of,
145,
148–50; sexuality and,
151.
See also masculinity; women
“Genre of the Second of Khordād (Zhānr-e dovom-e khordād)” (Hassaninasab),
97Ghaffari, Farrokh,
74,
75gharbzadegi (Westoxicated),
210n10
globalization,
9; Third Cinema and,
10goftegu-ye tamaddon-hā (dialogue among civilizations),
18,
19,
21,
59,
93,
127,
200
Gong-e khābideh (Muted dreams) (M. Makhmalbaf),
43
Gozāresh-e 71 (Report of 71) (documentary),
85
Green movement (Jonbesh-e sabz),
201–2Guardian Council,
88,
119guardianship of the Islamic jurist (
velāyat-e faqih),
19,
58,
76,
108Guiterrez Alea, Thomas,
2habs-e ta‘ziri (suspended sentence),
202
halāl (lawful actions),
107
Hallaj (mystical figure),
52harām (prohibited actions),
107
Hassaninasab, Nima,
97–98heavenly love (
‘eshq-e āsemān),
43–44individualization, of filmmaking,
41individual paths (
tāriqs),
48In film-hā ro be ki neshun midin? (
Who Do You Show These Films to, Anyway?) (documentary),
85
innovation,
184; cultural,
27; technological,
96international cinemas,
141Islam,
107; Shi’i,
15,
32,
34,
53; Sufism,
42,
48,
52,
58,
105,
109Islamic Revolution (1978–1979),
2,
3,
6,
14,
59Jens-e dovom (Second sex) (journal),
119
Jodāi-ye Nader az Simin (
A Separation) (film),
13
Jonbesh-e sabz (Green movement),
201–2Jonub-e shahr (
South of the City) (documentary),
74
Kalāgh (The crow) (film),
182
Keyhān Publishing House,
40Khāk-e āshenāi (Familiar soil) (film),
126
Khāneh‘i ru-ye āb (A house on water) (film),
126
Khāneh siāh ast (The house is black) (documentary),
67
Khāneh-ye dust kojāst? (Where is the friend’s house?) (film),
50,
105,
226n10
Kharābābād (Ruinville) (documentary),
67
Khatami, Seyyed Mohammad,
15–16,
55,
75–77,
88,
94,
104; Bani-Etemad and,
62; campaign movies and,
61–62,
99,
100; Cinema Museum and,
21–22; cultural innovation and,
27; dialogue among civilizations and,
19,
59,
93,
127; Farmanara and,
124; intellectualism and,
129–30,
133–34; Jannati and,
36–37; Khomeini and,
28,
41; M. Makhmalbaf and,
18; Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and,
17,
22,
28; Motamedi and,
35; mysticism and,
59–60; political platform of,
18–19,
76,
107–8,
111,
139,
161; popular cinema and,
24; presidency of,
20–21; relativity and,
41; resignation of,
27; Second of Khordād movement and,
18,
97–98; technology and,
24;
Time for Love and,
23,
30,
35,
37,
39–41; tough-guy films and,
163–65;
Under the Skin of the City and,
62,
131–32; video spectatorship and,
102; women and,
118–21Khesht va āyeneh (
Mudbrick and Mirror) (film),
127–28
Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah,
2,
3,
4,
7,
40,
59,
77,
187,
202; death of,
14,
15,
17,
23,
37,
54; Khatami and,
28,
41;
velāyat-e faqih and,
58Kiarostami, Abbas,
20,
24–25,
50,
65,
96,
102,
103,
186; digital video and,
21,
121–23; women and,
117.
See also specific filmsknowing God (
ma‘refat),
42,
48lawful actions (
halāl),
107liberation movements,
9,
10logic of the mind–logic of the heart (
manteq-e sar–manteq-e del),
43–44Makhmalbaf, Mohsen,
21,
37,
202,
212n36; aesthetics and,
32,
38; Dabashi and,
32,
39,
96; early career of,
13; Khatami and,
18; logic and,
43–44; mysticism and,
54,
59; Nasrabadi and,
32–33,
39–40; perfectionism and,
49; Rahimipur and,
38; relativism and,
57; Rumi and,
42,
46,
48; women and,
33.
See also specific filmsMakhmalbaf, Samira,
95,
102manteq-e sar–manteq-e del (logic of the mind–logic of the heart),
43–44
ma‘refat (knowing God),
42,
48
marginalized characters,
84,
110Masnavi-ye ma‘navi (Rumi),
42,
143
Matin-asgari, Afshin,
55,
56May Lady (
Bānu-ye ordibehesht) (film),
62,
218n42
Milani, Farzaneh,
85,
142Ministry of Art and Culture,
67Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Vezārat-e farhang-o-ershād-e Islāmi),
12,
23,
30,
32,
123,
171,
181; censorship and,
28; Cinema Museum and,
197–98; commandments for looking and,
120; Dad and,
99; Khatami and,
17,
22,
28; liberalization of,
29; music and,
188; press and,
131;
Time for Love and,
35,
37,
38,
40–41; women and,
34Ministry of the Interior,
68Montreal Film Festival,
202moral antiabsolutism,
32,
41motorcycle phenomenon (
padideh-ye motorsiklet),
176Mousavi, Mir-Hossein,
28,
202Mudbrick and Mirror (
Khesht va āyeneh) (film),
127–28
mysticism,
27–29,
213n37; cine-mysticism,
42,
54–55,
60; Dabashi and,
54; Khatami and,
59–60; love and,
23,
41–50; politics of ownership and,
29–41; revival of,
50–60; Soroush and,
55–56,
58; women and,
55Naficy, Hamid,
3,
4,
10,
30,
43,
139,
140,
142; populist cinema and,
141; tough-guy films and,
145,
146,
224n16; women and,
216n6Nakhl (Palm) (documentary),
67
Namā-ye nazdik (Close-up) (film),
65
Nān o ‘eshq o mutur-e hezar (
Bread, Love, and a 1000cc Motorcycle),
163–64
Nasuh’s Repentance (
Towbeh-ye Nasuh) (film),
13,
32,
33,
38
Nateq-Nouri, Ali Akbar,
131New Economic Policy (1917–1922),
7,
9New Tunisian Cinema (Lang),
11
nezārat (supervision),
12,
16
“Nezārat bar nemāyesh-e film va eslāyd va vidiyu va sodur-e parvaneh namāyesh-e ānhā” (Supervision over the exhibition of films, slides, and video and issuing their exhibition permits),
16Night It Rained, The (
Un shab keh bārun umad) (documentary),
67–68,
168–69
ostād (spiritual guide),
52
padideh-ye motorsiklet (motorcycle phenomenon),
176
“Pariā” (Fairies) (Shamlu),
214n62Parsipur, Shahrnush,
28,
33,
86Peh mesl-e pelikān (P as in pelican) (documentary),
67
“Plato’s Pharmacy” (Derrida),
215n66political reform (
eslāhtalabi),
15popular reform movement,
14post-revolutionary Iranian cinema,
3–4presidential campaigns,
61–62press liberalization,
131Prince Ehtejab (
Shāzdeh ehtejāb) (film),
126,
127
prohibited actions (
harām),
107Qabz va bast-e te‘urik-e shari‘at: nazarieh-ye takāmol-e ma‘refat-e dini (The theoretical contraction and expansion of religious law: the concept of the evolution of religious knowledge) (Soroush),
56,
57
Qajar, Mohammad Shah,
197qatlhā-ye zanjireh‘i (serial murders),
133–34
Qeysar (film),
24,
137,
138–39,
145,
147,
149,
149–51,
157; as
jāheli film,
146; similarity to
Psycho and,
153,
154; violence in,
148,
152–53,
155,
156
Rafsanjani, Akbar Hashemi,
166,
174reformist philosophy,
41–50Reqābat dar shahr (Rivalry in the city) (documentary),
74
Resālat (Mission) (newspaper),
32
Ritm (Rhythm) (documentary),
67
Russian Civil War (1917–1922),
6Russian Revolution (1917),
6,
7Saffar-Harandi, Hossein,
166Saltaneh, Mirza Ebrahim Akkasbashi Sani al-,
182Sāyeh-hā-ye boland-e bād (
Tall Shadows of the Wind) (film),
126
Search for Common Ground (SFCG),
19Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky,
151Sepanta, Abdolhossein,
182,
183Separation, A (
Jodāi-ye Nader az Simin) (film),
13
serial murders (
qatlhā-ye zanjireh‘i),
133–34Shahid-Saless, Sohrab,
128Shāzdeh ehtejāb (
Prince Ehtejab) (film),
126,
127
Sib (
Apple) (film),
95–96
Smell of Camphor, The Scent of Jasmine, The (
Bu-ye kāfur, ‘atr-e yās) (film),
24,
96,
123–35,
125,
129,
135
Social Films Festival,
63Social History of Iranian Cinema, A (Naficy),
142
Soroush, Abdolkarim,
29,
108,
212n36,
215n82,
221n39; moral relativism and,
46; mysticism and,
55–56,
58; reason and,
57; Rumi and,
55; science and,
56; Shi’i Islam and,
15;
Time for Love and,
33,
41–43,
46–47,
55,
57–59“Sorud-e Ebrāhim dar ātash” (The song of Abraham in the fire) (Shamlu),
214n62South of the City (
Jonub-e shahr) (documentary),
74
spiritual guide (
ostād),
52stew films (
film-e ābgushti),
140supervision (
nezārat),
12,
16“Supervision over the exhibition of films, slides, and video and issuing their exhibition permits” (“Ezārat bar nemāyesh-e film va eslāyd va vidiyu va sodur-e parvaneh namāyesh-e ānhā”),
16suspended sentence (
habs-e ta‘ziri),
202Tabemohammadi, Shahram,
121tahājom-e farhangi (assault on culture),
100,
101
Talā-ye sorkh (Crimson gold) (film),
204
Tall Shadows of the Wind (
Sāyeh-hā-ye boland-e bād) (film),
126
tāriqs (individual paths),
48
technology: innovations of,
96; Khatami and,
24; video,
23,
24Tehran,
23,
63,
73–74,
77–81,
81,
82,
83,
87,
112; density problem of,
178; housing in,
84–86; mapping of,
87–94; spatiality of,
75Tehrān-e emruz (Tehran today) (film),
182
Tehrān pāytakht-e Irān ast (
Tehran Is the Capital of Iran) (documentary),
67,
75,
182
Theoretical Contraction and Expansion of Religious Law, The: The Concept of the Evolution of Religious Knowledge (
Qabz va bast-e te‘urik-e shari‘at: nazarieh-ye takāmol-e ma‘refat-e dini) (Soroush),
56,
57
“Theses on the Philosophy of History” (Benjamin),
94“Three Fish, The” (Rumi),
213n37time: perceptions of,
23; reconfiguration of,
88; untimeliness,
87–94Time for Love (
Nowbat-e ‘āsheqi) (film),
17,
29,
30–34,
36,
54; episodic structure of,
49; Khatami and,
23,
30,
35,
37,
39–41; Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and,
35,
37,
38,
40–41; mystic love and,
41–50; pluralism and,
57–58; sexuality and,
44–46; Soroush and,
41–43,
46–47,
55,
57–59
“Toward a Theory of Third Cinema” (Solanas and Getino),
10Towbeh-ye Nasuh (
Nasuh’s Repentance) (film),
13,
32,
33,
38
Tuba va ma‘nā-ye shab (Tuba and the meaning of night) (Parsipur),
86
underground music scene,
187–88Under the Skin of the City (
Zir-e pust-e shahr) (film),
24,
62,
83,
87,
94,
176; acclaim for,
63; Adineh in,
71; commitment and,
63–73; first shot of,
71; housing and,
84–86; interface and,
72; Khatami and,
62,
131–32; montage and,
79; narrative of,
69; reality and,
63–73; representation and,
63–73; social structures in,
78; Tehran and,
63,
73,
75,
77–83,
81; women in,
117
University of Isfahan,
132Un shab keh bārun umad (
The Night It Rained) (documentary),
67–68,
168–69
US-Iran Cinema Exchange,
19velāyat-e faqih (guardianship of the Islamic jurist),
19,
58,
76,
108
violence,
52,
139; domestic,
86; masculinity and,
151; in
Protest,
156–57; in
Qeysar,
148,
152–53,
155,
156; against women,
86–87Westoxicated (
gharbzade),
210n10Who Do You Show These Films to, Anyway? (
In film-hā ro be ki neshun midin?) (documentary),
85
Wind Will Carry Us, The (
Bād mā rā khāhad bord) (film),
115,
118
women,
70,
88,
219n45; Bani-Etemad and,
63; censorship and,
69,
117; civil society and,
19; clothing of,
228n27; female characters,
98,
150–51,
218n42; idealized,
34; Khatami and,
118–21; Kiarostami and,
117; M. Makhmalbaf and,
33; modesty and,
13,
34,
117,
120,
121; mysticism and,
55; Naficy and,
216n6; sexuality of,
33; violence against,
86–87Women Without Men (
Zanān bedun-e mardān) (Parsipur),
28,
33
Wretched of the Earth, The (Fanon),
10
Yek bus-e kuchulu (A little kiss) (film),
126
Youngblood, Denise J.,
7,
8Zanān bedun-e mardān (
Women Without Men) (Parsipur),
28,
33
Zanān va javānān (Women and youth) (Khatami),
118
zed-e mostanad (antidocumentary),
168
Zendegi va digar hich (Life and nothing more) (film),
50,
105,
226n10
Zeydabadi-nejad, Saeed,
16“Zhānr-e dovom-e khordād” (Genre of the Second of Khordād) (Hassaninasab),
97Zir-e darakhtān-e zeytun (
Through the Olive Trees) (film),
50