“The visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity.” MenPersonsImportantSeeingEventsPossibilityEternalHistoricalScreensAccessVisualsAllowingModernityImportant Events Book:Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future Source: Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future