Iranian Institute for Social & Cultural Research Journal of Iranian Cultural Research 2008-1847 8 4 2016 03 15 Imagination of Tehran: Study of "Mindscape of the City" through 1340s and 1350s Iranian Cinema Imagination of Tehran: Study of "Mindscape of the City" through 1340s and 1350s Iranian Cinema 53 90 292 10.7508/ijcr.2015.32.003 FA Azam Ravadrad Professor of Social Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran. Baharak Mahmoodi PhD Candidate of Social Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tehran 0000-0002-5606-4797 Journal Article 2015 07 06 This paper aims to study the imagination of Tehran through 1340s and 1350s Iranian cinema and the main question is that what kind of representation on city was fueled by cinema. This study was conducted based on analysis of four impressive films in these two decades. Two of them are popular movies (Ganje Gharoon and Khater Khah) and the two other (Khesht-o Ayeni and Ragbar) are related to avantgarde cinema. Although they are different in presenting the city in some aspects, the results reveal that both approaches emphasise on the negative aspects of the city and expose latent contradictions in the extreme way. This paper aims to study the imagination of Tehran through 1340s and 1350s Iranian cinema and the main question is that what kind of representation on city was fueled by cinema. This study was conducted based on analysis of four impressive films in these two decades. Two of them are popular movies (Ganje Gharoon and Khater Khah) and the two other (Khesht-o Ayeni and Ragbar) are related to avantgarde cinema. Although they are different in presenting the city in some aspects, the results reveal that both approaches emphasise on the negative aspects of the city and expose latent contradictions in the extreme way. http://www.jicr.ir/article_292_1700002963a49da13542e0726b7bb758.pdf