Wednesday April 18, 2007, at 7:oo PM

Bahar Society Lecture Series Presents:

The Magic of Time in Movies

A Lecture by: Hassan Fayyad

Following the lecture, Ambrose Bierce’s An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, a short film by Robert Enrico, will be screened as an example of literary adaptation, psychological time, and expansion of time in cinema.

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Hassan Fayyad is an alumni of UCLA's film school, former writer-director of documentary films for the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts; producer-director and head of Special Production Departments, NIRT (National Iranian Radio and Television); Member, Faculty of Dramatic Arts (Iranian Ministry of Culture and Arts), Faculty of Fine Art (University of Tehran) and College of Cinema and Television (National Iranian Radio and Television); Writer, Film Critic, and Literary Translator.

Mr. Fayyad has also thought Cinema and Theatre Arts at UCLA, Oxnard College, and Pacific Art Center. His recent translation: Freedom, Selected Poems of Octavio Paz, was published two years ago in Tehran, Iran and Homesick Blues: Langston Hughes Selected Poems, his latest translation with Ahmad Shamlou will be published this year in Tehran-Iran. In addition, his book: Reflections on Cinema: Essays on Film Aesthetic and Criticism will be published next year in Tehran, Iran. Currently, in addition to teaching, Mr. Fayyad is working on two film projects: Sin: The Voice and Vision of Forough Farrokhzad and Langston Hughes: A Dream Deferred (English version).

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PLACE:
Ner Maarav Social Hall, 17730 Magnolia Blvd. Encino, Ca. 91316
(1 Blk W. White Oak, 1 Blk N. of Ventura),

For more info. Call 213-447-2090
Bahar information tel: 818-556-3000

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