Persian Film Press Archive
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Two Reviews of One Film: Still Life, A Simple Event
Sohrab Shahid Saless made a decisive entry into the history of Iranian cinema in 1974 with his films A Simple Event (Yek ettefaq-e sade) and Still Life (Tabi‘at-e bijan). Today,…
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Echoes: The House Is Black
Shamim Bahar’s 1963 review, published in the journal Andisheh va Honar (Thought and Art), offers a sharply critical contemporary assessment of The House Is Black (Khaneh Siah Ast, 1963), the landmark documentary by filmmaker and…