1. What are the 5 areas in which art cinema generally distinguishes itself from Hollywood Cinema?
-Art cinema distinguishes from Hollywood cinema in that it "addresses issues of cinematic aesthetics and practices; display formal innovations; include social and psychological realms; affirm certain directors as auteurs; disturb classic realist narrative codes and conventions, as well as temporal and spatial constructions."
3. What was Ayatollah Khomeini’s attitude towards the cinema?
-Ayatollah Khomeini believed cinema to be a good thing if used for educating people even though he felt its initial introduction to Iran brought the people into "barbarism."
4. Name two significant policy changes after the appointment of Mohammed Khatami as the head of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Orientation.
-Khatami banned the distribution of videocassettes and put a stop to the importing of foreign films.
6. What was the significance of cutting the soundtrack during the school prayer in Homework?
-Religious factions complained about the children's behavior while reciting the prayer so Kiarostami decided to spare viewers from having to listen to it performed in such a poor manner.
7. Which film festival appearance was a turning point for Kiarostami’s career?
-Locarno Festival
