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Friday
October 22, 1999
* I kinda don't like acting, but I do
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Pegah Ahangari, the
star of Rasoul Sadr-Ameli's "Dokhtari baa kafsh-haaye kataani"
(The girl with the sneakers), says she doesn't like films. But when her
parents expressed reservations about her acting, she insisted. So, she
kinda likes films. But not really ... FULL
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* Novel by a blind
Tehran (Hamshahri) - New books including "Aarezoo-haaye
pedarbozorg", the first novel by a Farnoud Farivar, who is blind
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Thursday
October 21, 1999
* New press jury elected
Tehran (Cinema) - Members of the press jury have been elected for a
new term. With its new members, the jury may not be as harsh toward the
moderate press. But some say there will be no significant change in direction
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* The girl with the sneakers
Tehran (Asr-e Azadegan) - Rasoul Sadr-Ameli's "Dokhtari baa kafsh-haaye
kataani" (The girl with the sneakers) is being described as a milestone
in Iranian cinema. Here's an interview with the director (PDF file) ...
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Wednesday
October 20, 1999
* Baizaie's latest
Tehran (Cinema) - Bahram Baizaie will start filming his new film "Sagkoshi"
in a month ... FULL
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* Cinema is alive
Tehran (Cinema) - "Cinema is alive" are the words on a banner
hanging on the burnt remains of Cinema Azadi (Shar-e Farang) in Tehran.
Box office sales are high despite the refusal of the conservative-dominated
state TV to air teasers for new films ... FULL
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Tuesday
October 19, 1999
* Bad film makes major dough
Tehran (Hamshahri) - "Qermez" -- Fereydoun
Jayrani's first film in ten years (his second ever) -- is bad film. But
it has become a huge box office hit with sales of 350 million tomans. Why?
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* Persian instruments, Western music
Tehran (Hamshahri) - Iran's Majlesi Orchestra
has performed Western classical music using traditional Persian instruments.
Kayvan Saket, the conductor, explains ... FULL
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Monday
October 18, 1999
* Culture minister wants more schools instead of mosques
TEHRAN, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Iran's liberal culture minister said on Monday
it would be more useful to build schools and technical institutes in the
Islamic country instead of yet more mosques, state television reported
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* Learning more about Hassan Sabbah
Tehran (Iran daily) - Hassan Sabbah's fort (Qaleh
Alamut) , where the legendary "assassin" commanded his guerrilla
operation for 35 years, will be studied by archaeologists ... FULL TEXT IN
PERSIAN
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* 7th in computer olympiad
Tehran (Iran daily) - Iranian university students
have taken 7th place in the international computer olympiad ... FULL TEXT IN PERSIAN
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