Where Is Abbas Kiarostami?: Toward a Postcolonial Film-Philosophy
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- Synopsis
- When Abbas Kiarostami suddenly passed away in July 2016, he was already an iconic figure in world cinema—and his reputation as a master filmmaker has only grown since. In this book, celebrated scholar Hamid Dabashi offers a new way of looking at Kiarostami's artworld, one that questions the very idea of film philosophy. Dabashi's authoritative account of the philosophical resonances of Kiarostami's oeuvre offers an iconoclastic critique of the field's Eurocentrism and, in vivid prose, makes the case for a new method of appreciating the work of this essential figure. The result is a provocative perspective on the totality of Kiarostami's legacy that, with deep roots in Iranian aesthetic and Persian poetic and philosophical traditions, overcomes film's provincial preoccupation with its Western heritage and charts a new path forward for film-philosophy.
- Copyright:
- 2025
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780520397194
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780520397187, 9780520397170
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- Date of Addition:
- 01/14/25
- Copyrighted By:
- Hamid Dabashi
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Philosophy
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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