TY - CHAP
T1 - Burning Straw Men: The 1979 Revolution and Bahman Farmanara's Stubborn Cosmopolitanism
AU - Holtmeier, Matthew A.
N1 - The history of cinema charts multiple histories of exile. From the German émigrés in 1930s Hollywood to today's Iranian filmmakers in Europe and the United States, these histories continue to exert a profound influence on the evolution of cinematic narratives and aesthetics. But while the effect ...
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Bahman Farmanara offers a unique perspective on the effects of the 1979 Revolution in Iran: as a director working before the Revolution (Prince Ehtejab, 1974; Tall Shadows of the Wind, 1978-79), who left as a result of the Revolution, and eventually returned to continue making films in his home country after the Revolution (Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, 2000). Despite the anti-Western sentiment of the Islamic Republic that Samuel P. Huntington argues contributes to a ‘Clash of Civilizations,’ and the restrictions of the new filmmaking environment in Iran, Matthew Holtmeier illustrates that Farmanara’s post-Revolution filmmaking evokes a stubborn cosmopolitanism counter to Huntington’s vision. Through narrative play, disclosing personal experiences, the use of multiple languages, and reference to global artistic traditions, Farmanara’s films gesture towards intimate global bonds rather than divisions.
AB - Bahman Farmanara offers a unique perspective on the effects of the 1979 Revolution in Iran: as a director working before the Revolution (Prince Ehtejab, 1974; Tall Shadows of the Wind, 1978-79), who left as a result of the Revolution, and eventually returned to continue making films in his home country after the Revolution (Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine, 2000). Despite the anti-Western sentiment of the Islamic Republic that Samuel P. Huntington argues contributes to a ‘Clash of Civilizations,’ and the restrictions of the new filmmaking environment in Iran, Matthew Holtmeier illustrates that Farmanara’s post-Revolution filmmaking evokes a stubborn cosmopolitanism counter to Huntington’s vision. Through narrative play, disclosing personal experiences, the use of multiple languages, and reference to global artistic traditions, Farmanara’s films gesture towards intimate global bonds rather than divisions.
KW - Bahman Farmanara
KW - cosmopolitanism
UR - https://www.amazon.com/Cinematic-Homecomings-Return-Transnational-Cinema/dp/1501319957
U2 - 10.5040/9781501300226_0016
DO - 10.5040/9781501300226_0016
M3 - Chapter
BT - Cinematic Homecomings: Exile and Return in Transnational Cinema
ER -