Ars Poetica(1967)
Iranian experimental short about Jazeh Tabatabai's (avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor) work.
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Iranian experimental short about Jazeh Tabatabai's (avant-garde painter, poet, and sculptor) work.
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1967-10-22
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