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Gandom Beryan Shahdad in Lout Desert, central Iran, is among the hottest places on the earth. Its temperature can reach 70 centigrade during summer. (Photo by Hamid Sadeqi)
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Largest Open-Air Cinema for Tehran
Iran’s Khavaran Cultural Center is preparing to open the country’s largest open-air cinema in the capital of Tehran on Eid ul-Fitr.
“The cinema can accommodate 2,500 people and runs in modern Anamorphic format,“ manager of Khavaran Cultural Center Farzad Houshyar told IRNA.
“Cinema fans will be able to watch their favorite movies on weekends in fall and winter and all spring and summer nights,“ he added.
The Iranian cinema has been a flourishing industry during its long history and Iranian films have won countless awards in prestigious international venues, such as the Cannes, Berlin, Venice and Locarno film festivals.
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Nikpey to Play
Fusion Music in America
Iranian musician Hamed Nikpey, accompanied by an international ensemble is to perform Persian-Flamenco melodies in North America.
’All Is Calm on the Road’ concert tour will present an aesthetic fusion of Persian melodies with Flamenco beats written by Nikpey, featuring solo and duet instrumental performances by him and ensemble members.
Percussionist Greg Ellis, Flamenco Guitarist Daniel Fries, Multi Instrumentalist Dimitris Mahlis and Saxophonist Farzin Farhadi will accompany Nikpey in the concerts.
The group which performed in Vancouver, San Francisco and Montreal last month, is set to take the stage in Toronto (Sept. 12) and Los Angeles (Oct. 11), ISNA reported. Hamed Nikpey began singing at a very young age and learned to play numerous traditional Persian instruments including Tar, Setar, Tanbour, Lute and Daf.
He has recorded two albums in Iran, performing as a fusion vocalist, and has produced two albums ’Solo Passage’ and ’All Is Calm’ which have been praised by many Iranian and international critics.
The song ’The Fire Within’ was selected as the best Persian song of 2008 for its innovation and originality.
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Comparative Study
On Dubbing Planned
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) plans to conduct research on the situation of Iran’s dubbing industry in comparison with other countries.
“We are comparing the dubbing industry in Iran with Italy, Germany, France, Turkey and Russia during the project,“ the director of IRIB dubbing affairs Hossein Bozorgi told ISNA.
The project is a time-consuming but necessary task to evaluate the situation of Iran in comparison with these countries, which have been chosen for specific reasons, he added.
“In France, five translators work on a piece of text concurrently but in Iran we face problems to fund one professional translator to work on a classic text or a documentary filled with technical jargon,“ he said.
About 100 translators are working at the IRIB dubbing center which now is considered one of the prominent capabilities of the center, he added.
In the dubbing project, the role of translation is always downplayed in Iran but it is an important issue for a successful production, he said.
He went on to say that for technical terms, the IRIB dubbers always consult with experts but they are not always available at the center.
Some dubbing directors have difficulty writing dialogue but if translators work on the films in a scenic method, there are usually no problems, he said.
Sometimes two or three translators work on different parts of a single film but this does not lead to a harmonized text and should be revised, he added.
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Imam Ali (AS):
If you understand Allah’s Majesty, you will not attach any importance to the creatures.
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Clooney in Venice for ’Goats’
George Clooney is appearing at the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of his new movie, a comic tale of “psychic warfare“ by the US military.
’The Men Who Stare at Goats’, directed by Grant Heslov, is being shown out of competition in Venice on Tuesday, AP reported.
Clooney arrived in Venice by speedboat on Monday night, with Italian actress Elisabetta Canalis in tow. The two, who have been seen together recently, are expected to walk the red carpet Tuesday evening.
Clooney, who owns a villa on Lake Como and spends time in Italy, is a frequent guest at the festival.
The movie co-stars Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. It tells the story of a special US army unit experimenting with paranormal powers in warfare.
Florence, Machine Lead Mercury Prize Race
British singer-songwriters Florence and the Machine and Bat for Lashes are among the front-runners competing on Tuesday for the Mercury Prize, one of Britain’s most prestigious annual music awards.
The bookmakers’ favorite in a field dominated by the debut albums of emerging acts is Florence and the Machine, the recording name for Florence Welch performing both alone and with a changing line-up of musicians.
Known for her explosive live performances, Welch has been described as a cross between Bjork and Kate Bush, with elements of Nick Cave, Kirsty MacColl and Chrissie Hynde, Reuters reported.
According to Welch, her nominated debut album ’Lungs’ is about love and pain and is made up of “harps, choirs, drums, elevator shafts, bits of metal, love, death, fireworks, string quartets ... wedding dresses.“
Bookmakers Ladbrokes have cut the odds on Welch’s acclaimed album winning the 20,000-pound ($32,810) prize from 50-1 in January to 5-2 after it attracted double the bets of its nearest challenger.
“The prize has earned a reputation as the graveyard of the favorites and we hope the trend continues,“ said Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg.
Dallas Exhibits Visual Artworks
The Dallas Museum of Art mounted an exhibition of visual artworks from around the world spanning 2,600 years of human creativity.
All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts displays some 125 paintings, sculptures, photographs and objects illustrating dance, music, and theater performance throughout the human history.
The event that kicked off on August 30, 2009, is held in different thematic sections including why we perform, how we perform, who is a performer, where performance takes place, and what makes a performance.
Pietro Paolini’s Bacchic Concert, Jean-Antoine-Theodore Giroust’s Oedipus at Colonus, Pablo Picasso’s Guitarist and Romare Bearden’s Soul Three are among the showcased items.
All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts will run until February 28, 2010, Artdaily reported.
US Reporter Wins Gucci Award
US journalist Mark Boal won this year’s Gucci Group award for his screenplay of ’The Hurt Locker’, a powerful 2008 movie about US soldiers in Iraq.
The film, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, is based on Boal’s reporting in 2004 as an embedded journalist with a bomb disposal squad in Baghdad, Reuters said.
As the squad takes risks beyond the call of duty, the film explores soldiers’ addiction to danger in a time when most armies are full of volunteers rather than draftees.
“The movie means a world to me, and hopefully it can show people an unseen side of the war,“ Boal said receiving the award, handed out on the sidelines of the Venice film festival.
Since 2006, the Gucci Group award honors artists who have made a remarkable contribution to a film in the previous 18 months.
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