Hamid Reza Sadr

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Hamid Reza Sadr
Sadr at 36th Fajr Film Festival
Sadr at 36th Fajr Film Festival
Born(1956-04-19)19 April 1956
Mashhad, Iran
Died16 July 2021(2021-07-16) (aged 65)
California, United States
Resting placeBehesht-e Zahra
OccupationJournalist, author, historian
NationalityIranian
Alma materTehran University
Leeds University
Period1981–2021
SubjectCinema, football
SpouseMehrzad Dowlati[1]
Children1

Seyyed Hamid Reza Sadr (Persian: حمیدرضا صدر‎, 19 April 1956 – 16 July 2021) was an Iranian football and film critic, journalist, author, historian, and economist.[2] He was well known for his publications on various subjects such as football, cinema, and non-fiction based on history and social studies.[3]

Career[]

Hamid Reza Sadr movie reviews were published in many Iranian journals since 1981 including Zan-e Rooz, Soroush, Film Magazine, Film International, and Haft or Seven magazine. He has explained his critical approach to films as "relative, not unconditional"; he analysed a film for what he felt was its likely audience, yet he usually approached movies emotionally, with a strongly touching writing style. He was especially cruel to some films that had been roasted by many critics, such as Bahram Beizai and Masoud Kimiai films. The originality of his opinions, as well as the vigorous way in which he expressed them, won him eager supporters as well as angry critics.[4]

He translated 'From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies", the influential book by Molly Haskell which published in Zan-e Rooz magazine.

He wrote a book on politics and Iranian cinema, called Iranian Cinema: A Political History.[5] The comprehensive analysis provided in this book gives refreshing, up-to-date introduction to those interested in Iranian cinema and its socio-political dimensions and history, observing recurrent themes and genres as well as highlighting lesser-known thematic concerns and figures. Sadr, while acknowledging the lack of imaginative expression in mainstream Iranian cinema: the weak scripts, the poor performances, the repetitive and conservative nature and content, argued for and analysed the political contexts and the constant shifts embedded within the apparently least noteworthy of Iranian films.

Sadr was known for his monthly column called "Shadow of Imagination" {سایه خیال} appearing in Film Magazine and his reports on international film festivals particularly on London Film Festival. He interviewed many famous actors, directors and film critics including: Anthony Hopkins, Peter O'Toole, Mike Leigh, Jim Jarmusch, Carlos Saura, Andrei Konchalovsky, Peter Wollen, Laura Mulvey, , John Gillett, Sohrab Shahid-Sales and .

He was a co-producer of Looking for Scheherazade movie, a documentary directed by in 2003.

He was a football lover and has written several features on sociology, politics and football. His book Once Upon a Time Football is about politics and football but it also tells the story of Sadr's relationship with football and sometimes relates it to his own personal life. It has been years now that he appeared on the Iranian national television to talk about football matches and thus has become famous among people.

Death[]

Sadr died of cancer on 16 July 2021.[6]

Books[]

  • Comedy Cinema (Tehran, 1987, Film Publication)
  • Iranian Cinema: A Political History (Tehran, 2001, Ney Publications)
  • Against the Wind: Politics of Iranian Cinema (Tehran, 2002, Zarrin Publications)
  • Iranian Cinema: A Political History (London, 2006, I.B. Tauris)
  • Once Upon a Time Football (Tehran, 2000, Avige Publication) which is a personal review of football based on political and social events.
  • A contributor in Life and Art : The New Iranian Cinema (BFI, 1999,London)
  • A contributor in The New Iranian Cinema: Politics, Representation & Identity (London, 2002, I.B. Tauris)
  • The Damned Utd (Tehran, 2010, Cheshmeh Publications) which is a translation of David Peace's novel.
  • Once Upon a Time Football (Tehran, 2011, Cheshmeh Publications) which is the updated version of the previous book.
  • The Hot Seat (Tehran, 2012, Cheshmeh Publications)
  • A Boy On The Terraces (Tehran, 2013, Cheshmeh Publications)
  • You Will Die In Cairo (Tehran, 2014, Cheshmeh Publications), non fiction and the winner of Jalal Al-E-Ahmad literature prize.
  • Speak (Tehran, 2017, Cheshmeh Publications), Translation of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel.
  • Three hundred twenty five (Tehran, 2017, Cheshmeh Publications), non-fiction novel.
  • The Eternal Jerseys( Tehran, 2018, Cheshmeh Publications), A poetic look at the legendary football players.

References[]

  1. ^ گفتگو با مهرزاد دولتی، همسرحمید رضا صدر/7 سال زندگی در اتاق ایزوله بدون حق بازکردن پنجره
  2. ^ "پرویز جاهد - کلاکت - حمیدرضا صدر: سينمای ايران در ح قرار گرفته است". رادیو زمانه (in Persian). 27 October 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ اللهي, فرزاد حبيب (11 June 2008). "روزنامه اعتماد87/3/22: مباحثه جلالي و صدر و بازنده يي كه ژست فاتحانه مي گيرد : عاشقي با باك خالي". magiran.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  4. ^ "به قلم حميدرضا صدر: ماهی های خشمگین این ظرف - Goal.com". Goal.com (in Persian). 24 February 2013. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Burke, Andrew (2008). Iran. Lonely Planet. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-74104-293-1. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  6. ^ "Iranian football critic Hamidreza Sadr passes away". Tehran Times. 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
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