Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future

Arguing that Iranian cinema has emerged as "the staple of cultural currency that defies the logic of nativism and challenges the problems of globalization," Dabashi (Iranian studies, Columbia U.) concentrates on the contributions on four key filmmakers, presenting critical readings of their work and interviews with a couple of his subjects. An introductory chapter seeks to place Iranian cinema in the context of modernity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR