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Zoutendijk, Reinier 2016

Dissidentie op 35 millimeter: Sociale kritiek in postrevolutionaire Iraanse cinema

Bachelor thesis | Midden-Oostenstudies (BA)

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This thesis looks into the various ways of how postrevolutionary Iranian filmmakers use visual, thematic and artistic tools to deliver criticism in the modern highly theocratic Iranian society. By...Show moreThis thesis looks into the various ways of how postrevolutionary Iranian filmmakers use visual, thematic and artistic tools to deliver criticism in the modern highly theocratic Iranian society. By describing historical backgrounds and showing paralels with other Iranian art forms such as literature and poetry and comparing Iranian art cinema with Western art cinema such as neorealism, these patterns and intentions are made clear.Show less