Massoud Farasati
Massoud Farassati (also spelled Farasati or Ferasati, Persian: مسعود فراستی) is an Iranian film critic. He used to regularly appear in the Iranian State Television programme Haft, hosted by Fereydoun Jeyrani and later by Behrouz Afkhami.[1] He has published anthologies of writings about such classical filmmakers as Charlie Chaplin, John Ford, Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa and Ingmar Bergman in Persian.
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Born | 1951 (age 68–69) |
Nationality | Iranian |
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Occupation | Film critic |
Notable work | The Joy of Criticism |
Political party | Laborers’ Party of Iran (1979–81) |
Website | massoudfarassati |
Views
According to Saeed Kamali Dehghan of The Guardian, his views are close to those of the Iranian government.[2] He is a harshly dismissive of Abbas Kiarostami's works.[3] Farassati uses the terms Siahnamayi and Festival Cinema (Persian: سینمای جشنوارهای) to describe films he deems "exotic" to foreign audience and of only seeking to win awards in the West.[4]
References
- Alipour, Zahra (3 October 2016). "Celebrated abroad, Oscar-winning Iranian director comes under fire at home". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
- Saeed, Kamal Dehghan (27 February 2012). "Oscar success of A Separation celebrated back home in Iran". Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- Hamid Dabashi (2007). Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema. Mage Publishers. p. 287. ISBN 0-934211-85-X.
- Shahab Esfandiary (2012). Iranian Cinema and Globalization: National, Transnational, and Islamic Dimensions. Intellect Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1-84150-470-4.