Massoud Farasati

Massoud Farassati
Born 1951 (age 66–67)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater
Occupation Film critic
Notable work The Joy of Criticism
Political party Laborers’ Party of Iran (1979–81)
Website massoudfarassati.com

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 Behrouz Afkhami.[1]

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

  1. ↑ Alipour, Zahra (3 October 2016). "Celebrated abroad, Oscar-winning Iranian director comes under fire at home". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Saeed, Kamal Dehghan (27 February 2012). "Oscar success of A Separation celebrated back home in Iran". Guardian. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  3. ↑ Hamid Dabashi (2007). Masters & Masterpieces of Iranian Cinema. Mage Publishers. p. 287. ISBN 0-934211-85-X.
  4. ↑ Shahab Esfandiary (2012). Iranian Cinema and Globalization: National, Transnational, and Islamic Dimensions. Intellect Books. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1-84150-470-4.


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