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Stories are aimed at the reconfiguration of time, space, and perspective. If we consider Jafar Panahi’s trilogy in this framework, the narratives of the three films analyzed in this chapter all partake in the interplay between memory and imagination, which are in turn central and important aspects of identity. His films have routinely been put in relation to his house arrest and prohibition from making films. While this is undoubtedly true, one should not underestimate Panahi as a filmmaker solely concerned with self-allegorizing his situation. The aim of this chapter, therefore, is to read these three films within the questions and concerns of the debates around post-cinema and new forms of representation.
Perhaps nothing is more human than sharing stories, whether by fire or by ‘cloud’.
– Jenkins, Ford and Green (Spreadable Media 2013)
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Strohmaier, A. (2016). Why Stories Matter: Jafar Panahi and the Contours of Cinema. In: Hagener, M., Hediger, V., Strohmaier, A. (eds) The State of Post-Cinema. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52939-8_7
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