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"Images From the Qajar Dynasty / The
School Blown Away by the Wind"
1993/96
Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Two short films written, directed and edited by
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, one of Iran's leading filmmakers. Images from the
Qajar Dynasty (1993, 18 minutes) was made while Makhmalbaf was working
on his acclaimed feature Once Upon a
Time, Cinema. It is a fascinating documentary that uses rare
photos and early film footage shot during that late nineteenth and early
20th centuries at the Shah's court, along with family portraits and
fabulous tile mosaics. This snippet of the past reflects the director's
great interest in and extensive research of the era. The School Blown
Away by the Wind (1996, 8 minutes) is set in the school for nomad
children seen in Makhmalbaf's Gabbeh. In
this brief, humanist tale, an old man enters the improvised classroom to
revisit memories of his youth. Farsi with English subtitles.
26 minutes. |
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