Khaneh siah ast
April 9, 2009The House is Black
Call Number: DVD00265
by Furūgh Farrukhzād; Ibrāhīm Gulistān; Muḥsin Makhmalbāf; Gulistān Film Co.; Facets Video (Firm); Facets Multimedia (Chicago, Ill.);
Format: DVD
Language: Farsi with English subtitles
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Facets Multimedia, 2005.
Notes: Originally released in 1962 (22 mins.); used in conjunction with director Furūgh Farrukhzād’s poetry; edition also contains The School That Was Blown Away (8 mins.) and Images From the Qajar Dynasty (18 mins.), Facets Cline-Notes collectible booklet and a featurette;
Summary: This film about the leprosy colony in Tabriz, Iran is a compassionate portrait of forgotten people. Straightforward yet sympathetic, the film affords dignity to its subjects, particularly through Farrokhzad’s striking poem read by the poet herself. The House Is Black has heavily influenced the modern Iranian cinema of such great filmmakers as Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who called it “the best Iranian film.” It provides, in the film’s own words, “a vision of pain no caring human being should ignore.”
OCLC #: 57734922
Added: April 9, 2009
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
