Mohammad Reza Aslani

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Mohammad Reza Aslani (Persian: محمدرضا اصلانی; born 9 December 1943) is an Iranian filmmaker, art theorist, graphic designer and poet known mostly for his experimental films and documentaries… more

Books at Iranketab …. more

Following on the success of the landmark MoMA exhibition Iranian Cinema before the Revolution, 1925–1979 and the astonishing recent rediscovery of Mohammad Reza Aslani’s Chess of the Wind (1976), the Museum presents a retrospective of the filmmaker’s work… more

“By making images, we make another world, with which we can understand the world and pose the world versus a question.”… more

Mohammad Reza Aslani, Amin Aslani, and Gita Aslani Shahrestani discuss how Western and Iranian influences converge onscreen, the film’s complex temporality, and its parallels with the 1979 Iranian Revolution…. more

Lost films reappear from time to time and receive their critical due, places in the canon and, occasionally, a measure of popular acclamation… more

Umberto Eco‘s semiotics in cinema is based on the elements of expression and content, culture, and interpretation. In this context, codes, which are the relationships between expression and content, are of particular importance… more

Mohammad Reza Aslani stands as one of the most enigmatic and visionary figures in Iranian cinema. A poet, painter, and filmmaker, Aslani’s multidisciplinary approach has shaped a body of work that defies easy categorisation… more

Films at The Criterion Collection…. more