The Investigation of the Most Frequent Concepts in the Iran Cinema on War
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 8, Issue 6
Abstract
The war and the defense of territorial integrity have happened in the whole history and countries. Media and cinema are the tools that manifest faces of war, including bravery, dedication, defense, and resistance, etc. In the contemporary period the twenty-first century, our country experienced the war in Iraq and then emerged War Cinema. The main purpose (problem statement) of research is to investigate the dominant themes in the war cinema of Iran (case study of films produced in the 60s) and that the dominant themes based on what components are formed and whether this war has succeeded with a change in the creation of new values that are produce of fundamental change in the values of a nation, and have been effective in the formation of a new visual aesthetics, or not. Iranian war Cinema how to extend and expand the themes raised by the particular circumstances of the Iran-Iraq War. Research method is developmental, from a target point of view and it is analytical, from a method point of view; and data were collected using observations, readings, and reading library. Method of data analysis is qualitative. Resource data collection consist of books, articles, types of journals, intellectual collaboration, interviews, reputable sites online, theses related to the topic, historical documents of the war, computer records, and also the movies that was screened in that period and advice and guidance of professors. It appears that the analysis of films as visual text led to the dominant themes in Iran war cinema based on the revolutionary attitude that comes from a religious perspective on the one hand and the nationalist attitudes on the other hand. Testimony, resistance, and defeat the enemy on the one hand the failure of global arrogance and on the other hand redefined its fundamental components. As well as the dominant themes of aesthetic in this movie led to the formation of aesthetic and a new visual language.
Authors and Affiliations
Mahmood Ashrafi| Department of Art Research, Aliabad Katoul Branch, Islamic Azad University, Aliabad Katoul, Iran
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