Amin Aslani
Amin Aslani (Persian: امین اصلانی) (born in Paris, France) is an Iranian filmmaker, translator and author. He is a PHD student in Film-Philosophy at European Graduate School. His book Caligarism: a short glance into Visual Culture of Weimar cinema is an expanded version of his MA thesis at University of Kent in Persian to discuss on sociology of a history-making epoch of European cinema (German expressionism) and related theories revolving around philosophy of film, anthropology, politics and sociology. Aslani has made and edited several short or feature films. He has also composed the soundtrack for Mohammad Reza Aslani's film Tehran, A Conceptual Art (Persian: تهران, هنر مفهومی).[1]
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Bibliography
- 2007. Exoteric World, Esoteric Wisdom (a comparative study on Christian theosophy and Persian mysticism) (author)
- 2008. Satan's Thousand Deceits (a collection of short stories) (author)
- 2008. Hermes and the Language of the Birds (essays by R. Guenon, F. Schuon, T. Burkhardt....) (translator)
- 2012. Death and Beckett (Thanatology in Beckett’s Endgame) (author)
- 2013. Seneca's Oedipus (translator)
- 2013. Tristan, Zoon Metaphysicon (influence of Schopenhauer on Wagner's Tristan and Isolde (selected critical essays) (author)
- 2015. Caligarism: A Glance into the Visual Culture of Weimar Cinema (author)
Selected films as editor
- 2004. Black Tape, A Tehran Diary (Fiction, Directed by Fariborz Kamkari) (editor) [2][3]
- 2008. Green Fire (Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani) (editor)[4][5]
Films as director
- 1998. Adoration of Bahram (short, experimental)
- 2000. The chant of Gabriel's Wing (short, experimental)
- 2002. Mourning-Book for the Land of the Meridian (documentary) (director)[6]
- 2003. Seven Courses of Slaying Satan (short, experimental)
- 2004. Self-Stabber Girl (short, documentary)
- 2007. The Mazes of Silence (director)[7]
- 2010. Signum (short, docudrama)
- 2010. Bellum (short, experimental)
- 2010. Rain Dogs (short, fiction)
- 2011. Death and the Maidens (short, fiction)
- 2012. Historia (50min. fiction)
- 2012. Sophie et Swann (short, fiction)
- 2013. Seneca's Oedipus (Theatre-Film) (director)
- 2015. Sextalogue (short, docudrama)
- 2015. Salome and Dr. Caligary (Theatre-Film) (director)[8]
References
- SourehCinema:Tehran, A conceptual art
- New York Times: Brutality Plays the Lead Role in a Home Movie
- BLACK TAPE: A TEHRAN DIARY
- about The Green Fire (Atash-e sabz)
- CIcinema: The Green Fire
- Chicago International Doc Film Festival, 2003
- Mazes of Silence on Vimeo
- Interview with Amin Aslani on Caligarism / In search of artistic-cultural roots of Caligarism
External links
- Amin Aslani at goodreads
- Amin Aslani's website and portfolio
- Amin Aslani at CIcinema.com
- https%3A%2F%2Ffa.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F%25D8%25A7%25D9%2585%25DB%258C%25D9%2586_%25D8%25A7%25D8%25B5%25D9%2584%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586%25DB%258C more information about Aslani's works, on Persian Wikipedia (translated in English by google)]
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