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Like all cinema in the world, save for the state subsidized French cinema, Iran's movie industry has been focused on commercial fluff, which are forgotten in a few days after their release.
No one can question the cultural significance of cinema. In the USA, and India especially cinema plays a central cultural role, over and above all else. Often state entities in those countries cooperate to propagate their views through the medium of cinema.
Cinema is also a profitable business valued at over $100 billion in the USA, including ancillary profits and merchandising.
Cinema is also a tool of soft power..........allowing in the case of Hollywood to promote the views of the USA government in all homes around the world without the viewer being able to perceive it as American right-wing military propaganda.wrapped in sugar coated nostalgia.
According to the latest BBC poll Iran is the most despised country on earth by people around the world, followed by Pakistan, Israel and North Korea.
Iran if anything requires re-branding, and the promotion of the country, and cinema is a significant avenue for this on the international plain.
Medieval Mullah Iran has been slow to recognize these facts stated above, but matters must be taken to invest in state funded movies in the order of $200---400 million epics, per film, based on various national subjects which promote the country in its best light. A small hint; mullahs with turbans, quoting from the Koran will not be well received by the global audience......but rather themes that truly reflect the constant timeless greatness of Persia:
Cyrus Khosru
Parthia
Sassanian
Tales and poetry of Rumi......themes that have a universal message.
The works of Ferdosi.
And so forth......
Iran has an abundance of good directors who can intelligently direct mega-movies that promote the country to its own people and to the outside world.
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Beizai book claims
1001 Nights stories are of Persian origins
Iranian filmmaker and writer
Bahram Beizai
Presstv.com
Iranian filmmaker and writer Bahram
Beizai has written a book presenting proofs and documents of the
Persian origin of The Thousand and One Nights.
Where Are Thousand Legends? will be unveiled during a ceremony at the Iranian Artists Forum where a number of scholars such as Mohammad Rezai-Rad and Hamid Amjad will deliver speeches about the book.
In his new book, Beizai has tried to prove that The Thousand and One Nights, known as an Arab collection stories, is rooted in Persian history, ILNA reported.
The Thousand and One Nights collection is of uncertain date and authorship whose tales of Aladdin, Ali Baba, and Sindbad the Sailor have become part of the popular Western folklore.
Published by Roshangaran and Women Studies Publications, Where Are Thousand Legends?
is the result of Beizai’s extensive studies of
historical texts.
Bahram Beizai is considered one of the most prominent Iranian filmmakers who has won numerous national and international awards.
He made his first short film in 1962 and his first feature-length production Downpour in 1971.
When We Are All Asleep , Bashu, the Little Stranger and Death of Yazdgerd Are among his better-known works.
Bahram Beizai is considered one of the most prominent Iranian filmmakers who has won numerous national and international awards.
He made his first short film in 1962 and his first feature-length production Downpour in 1971.
When We Are All Asleep , Bashu, the Little Stranger and Death of Yazdgerd Are among his better-known works.
