880-01 Khānah siyāh ast = The house is black / īn fīlm bih sif̄ārish-i Jamʻīyat-i Kumak bih Juẕāmīyān dar pāʼīz-i sāl-i 1341 dar Sāzman̄-i Fīlm-i Gulistān sākhtah shud ; payvand va kār-gardānī-i Furūgh Farrukhʹʹzād.
Publisher:
Facets Multimedia,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (22 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages ; 18 cm).
880-06 Taṣvīr dar dawrān-i Qājār. Images from the Qajar Dynasty. 880-07 Madrisahʹī kih bād burd. Madrasahʹī kih bād burd. School blown away by the wind. School that was blown away.
Notes:
Originally produced in 1962 by Gulistān Film Co. Accompanying booklet includes essays by Chris Marker, Jonathan Rosenbaum and Susan Doll. Includes two short films directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf: "Taṣvīr dar dawrān-i Qājār" ( Images from the Qajar Dynasty) (1993, 18 min.) and "Madrasahʹī kih bād burd" (The school blown away by the wind) (1996, 8 min.). "Taṣvīr dar dawrān-i Qājār" is a short documentary made while the filmmaker was preparing his feature Once upon a Time, Cinema. The Qajar (aka Ghajar) family ruled Iran from 1785-1925. The film shows rare photos and early films shot at the Shah's court, along with family portraits. "Madrasahʹī kih bād burd" (aka The school that was blown away)is about the school for nomad children seen in the film Gabbeh. An old man visits the classroom, and at first mistaken for an inspector, eventually is revealed as a former teacher of nomad children who has stopped by to refresh his memories of this happy time in his life. Other special features: interview with poet Pooran Farrokhzad (sister of Forough Farrokhzad) from PBS series Adventure divas.
Summary:
This film about the leprosy colony in Tabriz, Iran is a compassionate portrait of forgotten people. Straightforward yet sympathetic, the film affords dignity to its subjects, particularly through Farrokhzad's striking poem read by the poet herself. "Khānah siyāh ast" has heavily influenced the modern Iranian cinema of such great filmmakers as Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who called it "the best Iranian film." It provides, in the film's own words, "a vision of pain no caring human being should ignore."
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