Television and cinema in the past year/ an introduction to the evolution of the country’s art
Fars News Agency, Art and Media Department: Politically, 1401 was undoubtedly one of the most challenging years after the victory of the Islamic Revolution, a year in which the enemy used all its power to deal a fundamental blow to the system by implementing a combined war, but with the planning of the leader of the revolution and the vigilance of the committed officials and the people. A revolutionary always in the scene, once again the enemy’s arrow hit the stone.
What distinguished these riots from other times was the presence of famous cultural, artistic and sports people and so-called celebrities in igniting the fire of riots and deceiving naive youth. Therefore, the cultural atmosphere of the country passed a difficult year, a year that should be considered the fall of hostile and deceitful cultural elements and the rise of committed and revolutionary forces. Although it must be said that the performance of cinema and television last year is considered weak due to the trend of the last few years, but with new planning, now that the true face of these self-sold elements has been revealed, a fundamental change can take place in this field for the coming year.
In the following, we will have a brief overview of the performance of television and cinema as the most inclusive fields of art in the country;
* Neglecting the prominent role of radio and television
“Today, radio plays a very important role and also has a great responsibility. We consider radio and television to be the main center of intellectual guidance. I don’t have a forgiving, passing and burdensome look in any direction towards television. Performing arts are very important; The dimensions of influence and culturalization of performing arts are very wide and today we as a nation which is alive, because it has words, because it has a sense of identity and existence, therefore it has great enemies, we are faced with enmities that come from different ways, in different ways and including in the way of artistic uses and above all, performing arts. This shows that we, as a living nation, as a group that has something to say in the world and has a goal, how much we should pay attention to the issue of performing arts and invest materially and spiritually.
These phrases are part of the words of the leader of the revolution regarding the importance of radio and television as a national media, but despite the emphasis of the leadership, unfortunately, at least in the last decade, the performance of this organization does not have an acceptable score; Still, most of the TV series either contain dark and dark themes or are clichéd and repetitive comedies that try to attract the audience by imitating the successful comedies of the 70s and 80s, but they are not 100% successful.
Among the series broadcast last year, the number of successful and attractive series does not reach the number of fingers; Series such as “Zirkhaki 3”, “Mastoran”, “Bihamgan”, “Tamm Rukh”, “Shahbaz”, “Habib” and “Gildekht” were in this category.
And this number is compared to unsuccessful and weak series such as “Khodadad”, “Shirin Troubles”, “Kushnam”, “Growth Order”, “Sard Fire”, “Tide and Fashion”, “Clouds are falling”, “Chembandi”. “Tam Rukh”, “Ketoni Sarangi” is regrettable.
This is while in the current era, television has many external competitors, in addition to satellite and vulgar and immoral Turkish series, the home television network has also grown significantly in the last few years; On the one hand, due to the lack of strict monitoring of the content of these series and the possibility of undermining the red lines of television on the home show network, and on the other hand, the higher salaries of the production agents of a series, from the director and producer to the actors, have caused many artists to migrate to this network, and unfortunately It should be said that currently television is lagging behind the home television network in the field of serialization and even programs and competitions in terms of attracting audience, and this should be a serious alarm for the officials and managers of the national media.
The decline of cinema in 1401
In the last year, the cinema’s record is not less than that of television. While in 1401, the corona virus had subsided and it was possible for moviegoers to attend cinemas, since the movies released last year were not very interesting, the sales figures were still very low.
*Selling humorous works and spreading low-quality works
As in many previous years, two comedy films “Bucharest” and “Infradi” are at the top of the sales chart; Films that are not very strong in terms of content and structure and rely on the presence of leading comedy actors and using repeated words and situations have been able to achieve acceptable sales. Humorous works that degrade the audience’s taste to the lowest possible level.
In the past year, the number of weak cinema films has also been very impressive; Movies like “Loser Man”, “Laminor”, “One and a half floors”, “We have to”, “Bankers”, “Get out”, “Shane”, “Nemur”, “How long will it take you to cry 2” and… These are only a few of the works that were released last year.
The works supported by the Farabi Foundation can also be added to these low-quality works. Dozens of works that are considered among the weakest works of last year and it is not known according to which meter and criteria, with what motivation and based on which idea, billions of funds were spent on them. It seems that this foundation, rather than seeking to realize the defined indicators and headings, i.e. dealing with issues such as religion, family, and children and teenagers, has taken other goals.
*Important and hopeful points of cinema in the past year
This year, due to the special political conditions of the society before the Fajr Film Festival, the enemies tried to retreat the country’s cultural and artistic currents by threatening, denigrating and destroying them, but with the efforts of faithful and committed artists, good works have been produced with a hopeful outlook. All the problems that were in the country’s recent unrest, the compassionate and revolutionary artists of the country did not empty the stage of their artistry; They stood by the system and the people, fought and did Jihad.
Contrary to the propaganda that the 41st Fajr Film Festival was banned due to this year’s unrest, 24 films (two more than last year) were introduced in the competition section, in addition to four reserve films. In the 41st festival, we witnessed the presence of valuable and good films such as “The Stranger”, “Ataghak Goli”, “Colonel Soraya”.
Among the important and promising points of cinema last year was attention to the field of children and teenagers and attractive animations in line with international standards.
Films such as “Gol Behvahi”, “Bam Bala” and “Tornado” and the animations “Dolphin Boy” and “Lupto” were of this type. At the Fajr Film Festival, we witnessed the appearance of a prominent work in this field, titled “The Smart Kid”, which is a work with international standards.
Conclusion
In 1401, in order to advance its hostile goals, the enemy in a clumsy act took the hands of a few artists who did not have much relation to the ideals of the regime and the revolution, and moreover, they had shown their alignment with the enemies in various events, cinematographers and artists who deserve They did not have the Islamic grace and once again started kicking around like a marionette to prove that this deceived class has no intention of reforming and returning to the lap of the people and society.
Therefore, on the one hand, the judiciary must deal with them negatively; Because the kind of behavior towards this group, which is exposed to the attention of public opinion, resonates and expands in the society, as well as the culture of the season of speech and the law being at the top of all issues, and therefore it is appropriate that celebrities are also accountable to the law like other citizens so that Along with culturalization and spreading justice, the behavior of this class should also be refined, and on the other hand, artistic and cultural managers should identify valuable artists and highlight them, and provide space for the training of a new generation of revolutionary artists. The national media should make a fundamental change in its structure by using the presence of new managers.
The emphasis of the new managers on making quality series instead of numerous low-quality works and delivering complete scripts until the producers hand over the project to Simafilm and the work is done, the use of creativity and innovation by the programmers instead of resorting to celebrities, can create this fundamental transformation.
According to Peyman Jabali – the head of the national media – in explaining the generalities of the transformation document, “Strengthening and stabilizing the headquarters role of the Broadcasting Organization is one of the axes of transformation in the fields of broadcasting and broadcasting. The pillars of the organization’s transformation are shaped by central identity and spreading justice, which ultimately should lead to “accelerating progress”.
I hope that the year 1402 will be a brilliant year in the field of culture and art of the country.
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