Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Iran: The Culture

Of the most stable pillars and bases for a country wanting to achieve the supreme political and economic ideals and aspirations are culture and science. 
Scientific position of a country can provide to new opportunities for that country. As one of the Asian countries, Iran has significant scientific position in the region. But the science which is regarded as a capital should be guided by good culture. 
Weak culture may cause to the isolation of the scientific community and reduce the validity of science and knowledge among people. Therefore, it is very important to stress on guidance the media, education and cinema. 
Iran must try to deep-seat Islamic culture through mass communication tools, efficient educational system and cinema; Islamic culture should not be only a décor! 
Social issues must be identified and addressed by cinema. Now, the most valuable movies are those which engaged the real social issues. The success of Jafar Panahi's "Taxi" and Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" in the Berlin International Film Festival or other international film festivals confirm this fact. 
The movies which engage real social issues can involve people in the issues as a part of the solution and finally lead to the participation of the public to resolve them. 
However, some of the Iranian filmmakers are recently interested in making films with surreal structure. Any new and special thing does not mean being useful, though not harmful.

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