| Description |
xii, 292 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
24 frames |
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24 frames.
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| Contents |
Preface / Abbas Kiarostami -- Introduction / Gönül Dönmez-Colin -- Ghazal al-banat 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 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 273 -286) |
| Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Africa, North.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Middle East.
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Motion pictures -- Africa, North -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Africa, North.
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Motion pictures -- Middle East -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Middle East.
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| Author |
Dönmez-Colin, Gönül.
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| ISBN |
1905674104 |
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9781905674107 |
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