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Dec152021 by cineverseNo Comments

An Analysis on the Performance of a Producer and Investor who is Active and Dynamic at the Filmmaking Area in the Iranian Global Cinema

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by Saman Sadeghi Mehr Ehsan Valipourzand; The qualifications needed for the Art of Film Production and Management The role of a “Producer” is mainly financial and organizational. He / she is the first and most important person who enters the production and distribution cycle of a movie and he / she is of course the last one who leaves this cycle. From the first step of planning to the entire stages of production, distribution and advertising, producing the advertising teasers (commercials) and their television broadcasting or utilizing the environmental advertising space, he / she is always present at all steps and leads all of the aforementioned tasks. He / she is the one who obtains a screenplay (scenario) in different ways and makes the final dec...

Nov302021 by cineverseNo Comments

Leah Newman, Daughter of WME Agent Robert Newman, Dies at 33

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The former Harpo Entertainment executive died after giving birth, with her surviving daughter, Beatrice Violet, to be raised by her parents. BY ETAN VLESSING Leah Stephanie Newman, daughter of WME motion picture agent Robert Newman and a former Hollywood TV exec, has died. She was 33. On Nov. 22, Newman gave birth to a daughter, Beatrice Violet. Two days later, she died unexpectedly from unknown postpartum complications at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Her daughter will be raised by Newman’s parents, Cindy and Robert Newman. “To know Leah was to love her. She was an extraordinarily loving, generous and kind person; her big heart overflowed with compassion for humanity. Leah loved to sew, cook, travel and spend time with her family and friends. Leah’s greatest d...

Nov242021 by cineverseNo Comments

Step by step, getting acquainted with a producer

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by Saman Sadeghi Mehr Published in Donyaye Tasvir Cinematic Weeklies - No. 2356 (September 2021)The producer plays an important role in the film, theater, radio and television industries. As a producer, your main task is related to the practical and commercial part of the project and you are responsible for preparing the tools and conditions required by the director, technical agents and actors. The director and the actors also deal with the creative and artistic aspects of the work.In the cinema, the producer is responsible for financing the project, But on TV, programs are usually custom-made and financing is not one of the main tasks of the producer. As a supplier, you have to manage the production process from the beginning to the end and organize all the necessary resources.In othe...

Oct172021 by cineverseNo Comments

Masoud Kimiai paintings exhibit draws droves of visitors

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by IFP Editorial An exhibition displaying the paintings of the famous Iranian director Masoud Kimiai has triggered huge enthusiasm among visitors. An exhibition displaying the paintings of the famous Iranian director Masoud Kimiai has triggered huge enthusiasm among visitors. Kimiai, born in Tehran on July 29, 1941, is an Iranian director, novelist and poet, who is best-known for the movie Qesyar, which is among the most iconic movies of the Iranian cinema. Kimiai is one of the renowned directors in the new wave of the Iranian cinema with critics crediting him as an influential director-author who played an important role in the development of the economy of the cinema in Iran. Masoud Kimiai paintings exhibit draws droves of visitors He is also known for creating heroes i...

Oct142021 by cineverseNo Comments

Billie Eilish Calls Out Jimmy Kimmel for Making Her “Look Stupid” With Van Halen Questions in Past Interview

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The singer returned to the late night show Wednesday and playfully cleared up why she appeared confused when Kimmel previously asked her 1980s trivia questions and tested her knowledge of the Cabbage Patch Kids, Mr. T and Van Halen. BY ARIANA BROCKINGTON While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night, Billie Eilish wanted to clear up any confusion about her previous interview on the show. During her conversation with Kimmel, Eilish switched topics and asked, “Wait, really quick, do you remember last time I was here?” After Kimmel confirmed, she added, “And you made me look a little stupid,” referring to her 2019 interview where she struggled to answer 1980s trivia questions. The host responded, “Well, yeah, accidentally. I didn’t do it on purpose.” Eilish, who was 17 ...

Jul282021 by cineverseNo Comments

CINEMA AND THE DECLINE OF IRANIAN VILLAGE LIFE: “KHAK” BY MASOUD KIMIAI

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by james dk. Masoud Kimiai is one of the founders of New Wave Cinema in Iran, which gave rise to the production of a number of intellectual artistic movies in last four decades. He began his career in 1966 as the Assistant-Director in the movie “Goodbye Tehran” (Khodahafez Tehran) by Samoel Khachikian. His first work as a movie director was “Come Here Stranger” (Biganeh bia), produced in 1966, one year before his most influential work, “Gheisar.” With “Gheisar” Kimiai glorified individual rebellion against social and gender injustice. While rebellion remains the back bone of Kimiai’s work, its individualistic content gradually changes to collective and social substance. “Khak” is one of his first efforts in showing the social roots of individual problems, and investigating their communa...

Jul162021 by cineverseNo Comments

Walt Disney’s Grandson Loses Appeal in Fight for $200M Inheritance

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An appellate judge dubs probate court "the Unhappiest Place on Earth" as Disney heir Bradford Lund has lost an appeal stemming from his fight to claim his fortune. BY ASHLEY CULLINS Walt Disney’s adult grandson Bradford Lund has lost his appeal in a dispute with a Los Angeles probate judge who appointed a guardian ad litem without a hearing and rejected a proposed settlement that would have given him $200 million — though the appellate court describes the circumstances that led to the suit as “troubling.” Lund, a Disney heir who is now in his 50s, has been in a complicated long-running feud with his family over his inheritance. He, along with the other grandchildren, were set to receive eight-figure payouts at the ages of 35, 40 and 45 — unless they failed to demonstrate the “matu...