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OverviewThis is the story of a man who grows up in Tehran at a time when Iran has no film industry, travels to Berlin to study law. gets caught up in WWIl, charms his way into production studios, earns a Ph.D. in economics in Vienna while honing his cinematic skills, finds an escape route in the dying days of the war via Syria and Bulgaria to Istanbul where he runs into his long-separated brother, falls for a Greco-Turkish girl, and driven by an unrelenting pioneering spirit that will define his future, decides to dub foreign films into Persian before he returns home with his bride-brother and film reels in tow. And the rest, as they say, is history. With more than ninety features to his name, the adventurous life of Esmail Koushan, Father of Iranian Cinema, seen through the lens of his equally enterprising younger brother, the cinematographer Mahmoud Koushan, is an indelible chapter in the history of the seventh art. Written in hindsight to portray how one man changed a whole generation's cinematic landscape. Final Sequence is a must read for all who aspire to forging their own destiny against all odds, no matter what their calling Full Product DetailsAuthor: Saeed Habashi , Mahasti Afshar , Mahasti AfsharPublisher: Kamerawork Imprint: Kamerawork Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.222kg ISBN: 9780578383620ISBN 10: 0578383624 Pages: 188 Publication Date: 26 April 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |