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Relive a full century of artistic innovation

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The Plays and Films of Bahram Beyzaie: Origins, Forms and Functions pop culture and unforgettable characters from MeanBahram Beyzaie is one of Irans leading playwrights and auteur filmmakers. This book examines several of Beyzaies films and plays and their preoccupation with the modalities and transformations of Iranian contemporary, historical and mythical identity from different perspectives. The chapters analyse Beyzaies influential plays such as Arash and So Dies Pahlevan Akbar and his filmic magnum opuses such as The Crow, Bashu, the Little Stranger and Killing