Iranian Cinephilia: Still Life
When:
Thursday, October 27, 2016
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: $4.00 for Northwestern University faculty, staff and students with valid WildCARD; students from other schools with valid college/university ID; seniors 60 and older
$6.00 for the general public
Contact:
Justin Lintelman
(847) 467-6045
Group: Block Cinema
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
(Tabi’at-e Bijan, Sohrab Shahid Saless, 1974, Iran, 35mm, 93 min.)
Though he only made three narrative features in his homeland, Sohrab Shahid Saless was an influential pioneer of Iranian New Wave cinema in the early 1970s. His films, like those of many of his contemporaries, combined a documentary aesthetic and the influence of Italian Neo-Realism to create haunting portraits of people on the margins. Still Life is about an aging railroad depot employee, stationed in a remote area, whose life is one of deadening routine and solitude, with only his wife for company. It’s a social critique of bureaucracy and the disposability of the elderly. It‘s also a quiet, wrenching masterpiece.
Followed by
Saless: Far From Home
(Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, 1998, USA, ?, 16 min.)
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