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Title:

The cinema of North Africa and the Middle East / edited by Gönül Dönmez-Colin ; [preface by Abbas Kiarostami].

Publisher:

Wallflower Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xii, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Motion pictures--Middle East--History.
Motion pictures--Africa, North--History.
Motion picture producers and directors--Middle East.
Motion picture producers and directors--Africa, North.

Other Authors:

Dönmez-Colin, Gönül.

Notes:

Includes filmography: p. 266-272. Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-286) and index.

Contents:

Introduction / Ruth Tsoffar Introduction / Gönül Dönmez-Colin -- Forget Baghdad : Jews and Arabs - the Iraqi connection / Candy Floss / Kay Dickinson -- Bab el-Hadid = Cairo Station / Lina Khatib -- Al-Momia = The mummy / Iman Haman -- Umut = Hope / Gönül Dönmez-Colin -- Gelin = The bride / Ayla Kanbur -- Tabiat-e Bijan = Still life / Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa -- Traversées = Crossing over / Roy Armes -- Davandeh = The runner / Hamid Dabashi -- Lo Sam Zaylin = I don't give a damn / Yehuda Judd Ne'eman -- Nujum al-Nahar = Stars in broad daylight / Rasha Salti -- Docharkheh Savar = The cyclist / Gönül Dönmez-Colin -- Bab al-sama Maftouh = A door to the sky / Florence Martin -- Youcef ou la Légende du septième dormant = Youssef or the Legend of the seventh sleeper / Roy Armes -- Samt al-qusur = Silences of the palace / Viola Shafik -- Kan ya ma kan Beirut = Once upon a time, Beirut / Lina Khatib -- Segell Ikhtifa = Chronicle of a disappearance / Haim Bresheeth -- Eşkiya = The bandit / Nezih Erdogan -- Beyrouth al Gharbiyya = West Beirut / Mona Deeley -- Kikar Hahalomot = Circle of dreams / Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber -- Kippur / Nitzan Ben-Shaul -- Muwatin, mukhbir wa harami = Citizen, detective and thief / Viola Shafik -- Ten / Gönül Dönmez-Colin -- Uzak = Distant / S. Ruken Öztürk -- Forget Baghdad : Jews and Arabs - the Iraqi connection / Ruth Tsoffar

Summary:

"Twenty-four essays on individual selected films, many by scholars and writers based in the region. It explores established film cultures such as those of Turkey and Iran, and also nascent cinemas such as those of Israel, Palestine and Syria. . . . Selected films include Cairo Station (Egypt, 1958), Umat (Turkey, 1970), The Runner (Iran, 1989), . . . Once upon a time, Beriut (Lebanon, 1994), Chronicle of a disappearance (Palestine, 1996), Circle of dreams (Israel, 2000), Ten (Iran, 2002) and Uzak (Turkey, 2003)."--P. 4 of cover.

Series:

24 frames

ISBN:

1905674104 (pbk.)
9781905674107 (pbk.)
1905674112
9781905674114

OCLC:

(OCoLC)148788597

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)