Cinemas of the Other
A Personal Journey with Film-makers from the Middle East and Central Asia
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
200 pages
|
6-3/4 x 9
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.
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.
'Cinemas of the Other is a film buff's delight. This set of extended, thoroughly researched interviews with twenty-seven renowned filmmakers from seven countries is accompanied by a pithy and useful biographical note on each of her interviewees - just enough to give you a glimpse of their personality but never too long to give anything away. That something personal emerges from the lengthy interviews' - Latika Padgaonkar, Cinemaya
'...the extensive filmography and expansive series of interviews make Donmez-Colin's book a valuable contribution to understanding the increasing influence of filmmakers from this region.' - Rose Capp
‘[This] is an important book because the glimpses of cinematic changes it reveals are at once of a personal and a near-continental order. They speak as much about each human being as about national consciousness.’ - Cinemaya, Asian Film Quarterly
‘An unprecedented set of insights into the creative domain where the politics of creativity meets the poetics of emancipation; an exceedingly readable and informative book’ - Hamid Dabash, Film International
'All these interviews bring information about the social, political and economic context of creation in post-Peretroika Central Asia, as well as details about artistic aspects (inspiration and creative process). The historical background is also taken into account through the authors' questioning.' – Cloé Drieu, Central Eurasian Reader.
Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Middle East
Iran
Rakhshan 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
Part One: The Middle East
Iran
Rakhshan 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
Tahmineh Milani
The Real Identity of Women
Jafar Panahi
A Place of their Own
Turkey
Erden 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 Asia
Kazakhstan
Ardak 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
Erden 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 Asia
Kazakhstan
Ardak 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
Kyrgyzstan
Chingiz 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
Tajikistan
Tachir Mukharovich Sabirov
More than a Generation Gap
Turkmenistan
Halmammet Kakabaev
Human Values in a World in Transition
Uzbekistan
Zulfikar Mussakov
Comedy in the Absence of Hope and Laughter
Yusuf Razikov
Unfair Battle of the Sexes
Filmography
Chingiz 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
Tajikistan
Tachir Mukharovich Sabirov
More than a Generation Gap
Turkmenistan
Halmammet Kakabaev
Human Values in a World in Transition
Uzbekistan
Zulfikar Mussakov
Comedy in the Absence of Hope and Laughter
Yusuf Razikov
Unfair Battle of the Sexes
Filmography
For more information, or to order this book, please visit http://www.press.uchicago.edu
Google preview here
You may purchase this title at these fine bookstores. Outside the USA, see our international sales information.
