880-01 Paradise handbook : handbook on subversive strategies of a film made in Iran = Handbuch subversiver Strategien eines Films aus dem Iran = Mā, dar bihisht : daftarchah-i rāhnamā / Barth, Bokaie ; editor: Andreas Baur, Anka Wenzel ; essay: Ali Ebrahim Beygi ; translation: Edith Watts, Uli Nickel, Reyhan Bokaie, Eskandar Abadi.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Hidden/Secret -- Strategien des Verborgenen at the Villa Merkel, Galerien der Stadt Esslingen am Neckar, March 25-June 3, 2018.
Contents:
Introduction / Alec Barth & Reyhan Bokaie -- Paradise handbook: Artificial realism -- What do you think? This is not Switzerland! -- Realistic texture vs. the perfect timing -- Girls! It's such a shame! / texts and captions, Alec Barth & Reyhan Bokaie -- Interviews: I think that every Iranian is an actor / Dorna Dibaj -- Sound constitutes reality / Martin Steyer & Lajos Wienkamp Marques -- Telling stories with sound / Lajos Wienkamp Marques -- Now we know: everything is possible / Yousef Panahai -- Cinema is a game / Sina Ataeian Dena -- Essay: Disappearing into the voice of the law / Ali Ebrahim Beygi.
Summary:
Paradise handbook reveals a concise insight into the genesis of the film Paradise, which director Sina Ataeian Dena managed to realize in Iran over a period of many years without filming permission and on a very small budget. The resulting footage was eventually brought out of the country and processed and finished in Berlin-Babelsberg. Paradise celebrated its premiere in 2015 in competition at the Locarno Film Festival and was subsequently awarded various prizes. The book reveals a fascinating view of how the film crew dealt creatively with the massive restrictions on filming in Iran. It breaks down, like a manual, the logistical, strategic, and technical efforts underlying the images and scenes that the team applied to circumvent the plethora of restrictions.
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