简介：“Inthespringof1958,intheregionofKhuzestan,attheheartoftheIranianoilindustryandofPersiancivilization,anoilwellexplodesduringadrilling.Theeruptionisendless;thefireispowerful,indestructible,andgigantic.Itisadragon.Inanycase,thatishowitispresentedinAFire.”(StéfanideLoppinot,Cinéma07) TheNationalIranianOilCompany(NIOC),formeduponnationalizationoftheBritishAnglo-IranianOilCompany,employedfilmsystematically,producingmanyfilmsonoilandpetrochemicalsubjects.ItalsomadefilmsdepictingIran'sprogressandmodernization,highlightingtheroleoftheShahandNIOCinthatdirection.Underitsauspices,EbrahimGolestandirectedAFIRE(1961),ahighlyvisualtreatmentofaseventy-dayoilwellfireintheKhuzestanregionofsouthwesternIran.ThisfilmwaseditedbytheIranianpoetForoughFarrokhzadandwontwoawardsattheVeniceFilmFestivalin1961.…