1925 documentary about the Bakhtiari tribe regular annular migration (Yeylaagh & Gheshlaagh) accross Zardkoh to reach fresh grass for their animals. This documentary shows their challanges as they tried to pass Karun and all other difficulties of the routine chores.
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WOW!
by Ben Madadi on Tue Jul 29, 2008 03:15 PM PDTThis was amazing. Thanks a lot. I wonder whether the music was also the originally added one, or added later. The music corresponded to the areas they travelled, at first it was Anatolian, and then it was Persian.
I saw it at Amir Vahab's house in New York
by Rosie T. on Tue Jul 29, 2008 06:04 AM PDT(the director of the Tanboor School) four years ago. He'd worked on the new score for it. It was magnificent. I just mentioned it the other day on samsam's blog about the Bakhtiari. They crossedthe mountains barefoot in the snow.
Rosie
FYI/Available on DVD with Bio Book on Cooper
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Jul 29, 2008 04:04 AM PDTThis is an excellent book on Merian C. Cooper and his carreer in Hollywood. It has an entire chapter on his adventure in Iran amongst the Bakhtiary Tribes.
Living Dangerously: The Adventures of Merian C. Cooper, Creator of King Kong By Mark Cotta VAZ
Grass is awailable on DVD here:
Grass: A Nation's Battle For Life (1925)
50 years after the Odysee another similar documentary which was Oscar nominated was made with Iranian Shusha Guppy and two american directors as a tribute to Cooper's film. It was narrated by Hollywood star James Mason and entitled:
People of the Wind also available on DVD.
VIVE LE CINEMA !
Merian C. Cooper Made King King afterwards
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Jul 29, 2008 03:56 AM PDTHope you enjoy my articles on this:
Grass:
//iranian.com/Arts/2001/January/Grass/index.html
King Kong :
//iranian.com/DariusKadivar/2006/January/Kong/index.html