Cinemas of the Other

Cinemas of the Other

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An original collection of recent interviews with filmmakers whose works represent the trends in the film industries of their respective countries. Preceding the interviews, the author provides an introduction delineating historical information regarding the film industries of the countries included in the book.
Each interview comprises of stills from important films discussed and a bio/filmography of the artist. In addition to creative concerns, the focal point of the interviews is to position the filmmaker within the social or political context of their respective country. The striking variety in approaches towards each interview creates a rich diversity of tone and an overwhelming impression of animation within the text. Cinemas of the Other offers a carefully researched and detailed first-hand account on the developments and trends in specific regional film industries.
Introduction
 
Part One: The Middle EastIranRakhshan Bani-Etemad
The Hidden Half
Bahram Beyza’i
The Other Side of the Story
Abolfazl Jalili
Treading the Thin Line: Fiction as Documentary
Mahmud Kalari
Valuable Lessons of Camera
Abbas Kiarostami
Life and Nothing But…
Reality Without Interruption
Majid Majidi
Refugees in Love and Life
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Portrait of the Revolutionary as an Artist: Take One/ Take Two
Dariush Mehrjui
From Social Realism to Dramas of the Interior
Tahmineh Milani
The Real Identity of Women
Jafar Panahi
A Place of their Own
TurkeyErden Kiral
Exile’s Return
Ali Özgentürk
Filmmaker in Times of Strife: A Journey into Self
Tayfun Pirselimoglu
New Voices Raising Old Concerns
Yesim Ustaoglu
Taboos Can Also Be Broken
Atif Yilmaz
Whose is the Gaze?
 
Part Two: Central AsiaKazakhstanArdak Amirkulov and Ermek Shinarbaev
Being Young in Almaty
Serik Aprimov
The Last Stop is Aksuat
Rachid Nugmanov
The Wild East, Rockers, Bikers and a New Life
KyrgyzstanChingiz Aitmatov
The Equivocal Marriage of Literature and Cinema
Aktan Abdikalikov
The Most Successful Kyrgyz Filmmaker
Ernest Abdizhaparov
Minimalist World
Gennady Bazarov
A Culture to Share with the Young
Tolomush Okeev
Searching for Lost Identity
 
TajikistanTachir Mukharovich Sabirov
More than a Generation Gap
 
TurkmenistanHalmammet Kakabaev
Human Values in a World in Transition
 
UzbekistanZulfikar Mussakov
Comedy in the Absence of Hope and Laughter
Yusuf Razikov
Unfair Battle of the Sexes
 
 
Filmography

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Dimensions 1 × 7 × 9 in