ESSENTIAL IRANIAN FILMS

IN 2 TIERS, IN REVERSE YEAR ORDER

Iran has given us one of the world’s great civilisations and a noble cinema too, many films of humanity and intelligence. Common themes include children, the role of women and- in the case of the most critically admired director Kiarostami in particular-, film-making itself and the boundary of illusion and reality. I’m not including films by the Iranian-born Barbet Schroeder but i am including some films on Iranian subjects by Iranian directors working elsewhere.

Reading:
Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Jonathan Rosenbaum: Abbas Kiarostami
Hamid Dabashi: Close Up: Iranian Cinema,...