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Mohammad Reza Aslani (Persian: محمدرضا اصلانی) (born December 9, 1943, in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian filmmaker, art theorist, graphic designer and poet known mostly for his experimental films and documentaries.
Oct 28, 2021 · Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s back.
Chess of the Wind (Persian: شطرنج باد, romanized: Shatranj-e Baad), also titled The Chess Game of the Wind, is a 1976 Iranian film written and directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani. The film was screened only once before the 1979 revolution in Iran and was accompanied by a negative reception.
Oct 28, 2021 · Screened publicly just once, in 1976 at the Tehran International Film Festival, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s film was banned during the Iranian Revolution for being a “dissident cultural product.”
- Mitchell Beaupre
Recently rediscovered, Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 feature Chess of the Wind teeters on the precipice between the traditional and the modern, pulling from both Iranian and European pictorial traditions to deliver a series of politically charged, even revolutionary tableaux.
- Forrest Cardamenis
Mohammad Rezā Aslāni, a distinguished Iranian filmmaker, navigates his artistic journey through a circular motion, oscillating between the rich tapestry of Iranian ancient heritage, historical events, implied mystic concepts, and the forward-looking modernistic language of contemporary cinema.
Mohammad Reza Aslani. Biography. Mohammad Reza Aslani was born in Rasht, Iran, in 1943 and graduated in Art and painting from Teheran’s Faculty of decorative arts. He spent his filmmaking training in the Ministry of Culture.
