Cinemas of the Other

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A Personal Journey with Film-Makers from Central Asia

By Gönül Dönmez-Colin

Summary

Cinemas of the Other presents an updated collection of interviews with filmmakers from Turkey and Iran, revealing trends in their film industries. Building on the earlier volume, it offers an introduction to Middle Eastern film histories, and interviews that place filmmakers’ work in social and political contexts. Each chapter includes film stills, biographical details, and filmographies, providing rich insights into cinematic representations of 'otherness'.
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Ideal for film scholars, researchers focused on Middle Eastern cinema, and readers interested in cultural and political contexts of filmmaking.

Following an introduction delineating the histories of the film industries of the countries of the Middle East, this book contains interviews stretching over a decade, which position the filmmakers and their creative concerns within the social or political context of their respective countries.

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An updated collection of recent interviews with filmmakers whose works represent trends in the film industries of Turkey and Iran, this new geospecific edition expands upon the earlier volume Cinemas of the Other: A Personal Journey with Film-Makers from the Middle East and Central Asia.

Following an introduction delineating the histories of the film industries of the countries of the Middle East, the book contains interviews stretching over a decade. These interviews position the filmmakers and their creative concerns within the social or political context of their respective countries. The striking variety of approaches toward each interview creates a rich diversity of tone and opens the door to a better understanding of images of 'otherness' in film.

In addition to transcripts of the interviews, each chapter also includes stills from important films discussed, biographical information about the filmmakers, and filmographies of their works.

Dönmez-Colin offers in this expanded edition a carefully researched and richly detailed firsthand account of the developments and trends in these regional film industries that is sure to be appreciated by film scholars and researchers of the Middle East.

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Film International praises the book as "an unprecedented set of insights into the creative domain where the politics of creativity meet the poetics of emancipation; an exceedingly readable and informative book."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781841505497

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2012

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 308g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Gönül Dönmez-Colin Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gonul Donmez-Colin is a film scholar specializing in the cinemas of Central Asia and the Middle East. She is the author of Turkish Cinema: Identity, Distance and Belonging, Women, Islam and Cinema, and The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East (ed.).