Revolutionary Arson, Cinema Rex Tragedy In 1978

I believe The Deers could be considered as the most important sociopolitical event in Iranian art so far. It was not only a film but an event. There were other dissenting voices in film and literature of the time, yet The Deers was a literary manifesto for the revolution, emphasizing the necessity of armed resistance. It’s highly unusual for an art piece to have that much effect on society. The fact a cinema gets burned down while showing this movie is also kind of insane.