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Friday
July 14, 2000
We have nothing to with the Googoosh concert -- official
Tehran (Bahar) -- The Culture Ministry's music division has denied any
involvement in Googoosh's first concert since the revolution. It's her
private decision, an official said >>>
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Film: Digging into "Test Democracy"
Tehran (Goonagoon) -- A detailed look at "Test Democracy"
-- a film made by Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Shahab Farrokhyar >>>
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People are in no mood to read books
Tehran (Goonagoon) -- Books sales are usually down in the summer. But
this year it's way down. Publishers say it may even be unprecedented. Why?
The general atmosphere of the country is discouraging, they say >>> FULL TEXT
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Index
* We have nothing to with the Googoosh
concert -- official
* Film: Digging into "Test Democracy"
* People are in no mood to read books
* "Romeo and Juliet" in Tehran
* "Life in Fog" keeps on winning
* Exporting books?
* Comedies sell more
* Actor plays ex-security chief
* Fazlollahi: No good roless
* Filmmakers threaten to buy ads on foreign stations
* Iranian orchestra to perform in China
* Film: Young actor on acting
* Mandani-Pour: Book reading habit gone
* War movies on anniversary of Iraqi invasion
* Ershad resumes book purchases
* Kimiaie: High expectations
* Historical Molla Nasredin
* New pop albums in Iran
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Thursday
July 13, 2000
"Romeo and Juliet" in Tehran
Tehran (Goonagoon) -- The director of "Romeo and Juliet" Ali
Rafii talks about the various aspects of staging the play in Tehran >>> FULL
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"Life in Fog" keeps on winning
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Bahman Qobadi's "Zendegi dar meh" (Life
in Fog) has won its 14th international award -- this time in Texas >>> FULL
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Exporting books?
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Iranian book publishers are trying to set up booths
at the Frankfurt international book fair. But is there a market for books
in Persian? >>>
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Wednesday
July 12, 2000
Comedies sell more
Tehran (Bahar) -- Ticket sales show that among plays currently on stafe,
comedies are more popular, including one directed by Farhad Aeesh, which
has earned twp million tomans from 33 shows >>>
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Actor plays ex-security chief
Tehran (Jam-e Jam) -- The role of ex-SAVAK chief Pakravan will be played
by Akbar Qadami in a TV series called "Shab-e Cheraaq" >>> FULL TEXT
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Fazlollahi: No good roles for older women actors
Tehran (Jam-e Jam) -- In an interview with Jam-e Jam. veteran actor
Shamsi Fazlollahi talks about her latest roles on TV and on stage. She
says she has not been acting in films lately because there are "no
interesting roles for people of my age." >>>
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Tuesday
July 11, 2000
Filmmakers threaten to buy ads on foreign stations
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- The conservative-led state television refuses
to air ads for films it considers offensive or anti-revolutionary. Now
a group of filmmakers have threatened to buy air time on foreign broadcast
stations >>>
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Iranian orchestra to perform in China
Tehran (Hamshahri) -- Farhad Fakhreddini, the conductor of the national
Iranian symphony orchestra, talks on the eve of a performance in China
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Film: Young actor on acting
Tehran (Gozaresh-e Film) -- Interview with a young actor, "a good
actor and a potential good friend," Amin Hayaie >>>
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Monday
July 10, 2000
Mandani-Pour: Book reading habit gone
Tehran (Bahar) -- Short story writing in Iran has greatly progressed
in recenet years, post-revolutionary author Shahriar Mandani-Pour says.
But the rest of the story is not too encouraging >>>
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War movies on 20th anniversary of Iraqi invasion
Tehran (Bahar) -- "There's nothing more dramatic than war,"
says Abdol-Hossein Barzideh, the head of the center for the promotion of
war movies. He's hoping that major war scenes will re-enacted for films
marking the 20th anniversary of the Iraqi invasion >>>
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Ershad resumes book purchases
Tehran (Bahar) -- The Culture Ministry will purchase books by new authors
for distribtuion in national and local libraries >>>
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