Abstract
Artistic Cinema is a social phenomenon that emerges under certain conditions in any society and could be explained and analyzed by other social factors. This article benefits from a sociological approach to deal with the post- revolutionary advancements of Iranian artistic Cinema regarding the cinematic knowledge products. Existing evidence and documents reveals significant difference in amount and quality of artistic cinema products before and after revolutionary. The difference is a considerable growth in these products during 1980s and 1990s and remarkable international success for Iranian artistic cinema as well. Therefore, by changing the social conditions of knowledge in post-revolutionary Iran, the volume and diversity of cinematic knowledge has been increased and the context of the artistic cinema has been changed. Artistic Cinema is a phenomenon dependent on specific audiences, aesthetic filmmakers, and most importantly, the social conditions that make its manifestation possible. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n13p659
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