Transitional borders and intermedial spectacle: Kiarostami and opera, between France and Iran

Chamarette, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0701-1514 (2013) Transitional borders and intermedial spectacle: Kiarostami and opera, between France and Iran. Studies in French Cinema, 13 (3). pp. 257-271. ISSN 1471-5880 doi: 10.1386/sfc.13.3.257_1

Abstract/Summary

This article discusses the complex cultural and theoretical relationships between France and Iran, Europe and the Middle East in recent intermedial work by the film-maker Abbas Kiarostami. Through the installation Looking At Tazieh (2004), the film Shirin (2008) and the staging and direction of the opera Così fan tutte, the article explores the philosophical and contextual implications of spectacle within these trans-cultural productions. In particular, it discusses how French cultural interventions into Kiarostami’s recent intermedial work can be rethought productively outside the remit of francophone or transnational cinemas, instead refocusing on the intermediality of spectacle and modes of enculturated looking in these three recent productions.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/92947
Identification Number/DOI	10.1386/sfc.13.3.257_1
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Art > Fine Art Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Film, Theatre & Television Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Arts and Communication Design > Art > Art History
Publisher	Intellect
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