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Close Up: Iranian Cinema Past, Present and Future.
Hamid Dabashi. New York: Verso Books, 2001. 320pp., illus. Hardcover: $97.25 and Paperback: $20.00.
Hamid Dabashi's Close Up places Iranian films into the broader context of the political and intellectual struggles that have characterized twentieth-century Iranian history. The book argues that the cinema has achieved modernity in the realm of art, while the nation has failed repeatedly to become modern politically. Dabashi argues that the cinem...See the full content of this document
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