Popular iranian cinema before the revolution: family and nation in fÄ«lmfÄrsÄ«
Auteur :
Partovi, Pedram
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780367885403
Date de publication :
12 déc. 2019
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
450 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book sheds light on the prolific but little studied Iranian popular cinema of the 1960s and 70s. Critics generally dismiss such films, best known for their songs and melodramatic plots, as shallow, derivative entertainment. The sarcastic moniker filmfarsi (“Persian filmâ€) was even employed to refer to the popular