This fictiondocumentary hybrid uses a sensational reallife eventthe arrest of a. The cinema of abbas kiarostami alberto elena download. View the profiles of people named abbas kiarostami. The only thing missing is nanni morettis wonderful short film, the opening day of closeup 1996, but despite that, i cant recommend it enough. In 1989 in tehran, a movie mad unemployed printer named ali sabzian was arrested for impersonating the famous film director mohsen makhmalbaf. The film, in farsi, mixes pure documentary and documentary reenactments. Abbas kiarostamis brilliantly perceptive film is based on a true story, but is done in mockdocumentary style. Directed by abbas kiarostami 1990 iran starring hossein sabzian, abolfazi ahankhah, mahrokh ahankhah internationally revered iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and closeup is his most radical, brilliant work.
Abbas kiarostami two solutions for one problem youtube. I would like to welcome everybody here, especially my very good friends who ive just seen in the audience. To the uninitiated, his movies seem like endless meandering and most of them have not received any. Captivating, fascinating, warmhearted, closeup nemaye nazdik staked out the claim, made for him by critics, filmgoers and such fellow filmmakers as michelangelo antonioni and jeanluc godard, that irans abbas kiarostami is the premier filmmaker currently at work in the world today. Abbas kiarostami has 53 books on goodreads with 4623 ratings. Thats a lot to thank abbas kiarostami for, but i do, fondly. A fascinating mashup of reality and artifice, closeup is a minor miracle of engaged storytelling whose compassionate final minutes will leave an. Abbas kiarostami was born in tehran, iran, in 1940. Yet kiarostamis naturalistic impulses and winding complexity made him one of the most divisiveif influentialfilmmakers of his time. Up next the inaccessible doors of abbas kiarostami. Abbas kiarostami is the first fulllength, englishlanguage study of his work. And abbas kiarostami is not only the premier iranian director, he is a visionary with a major body of work and fans all over the world. Call it what you will documentary, mockumentary, selffulfilling prophecy, closeup is still the definitive filmonfilm commentary. Kiarostami and his cinematic style have been the subject of several books and three films, opening day of close up 1996, directed by nanni moretti, abbas kiarostami.
He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before. Closeup, directed by abbas kiarostami, is a stirring deconstruction of cinema and its various influences on society and its audience. For more information on godfrey cheshires indiegogo campaign for his book in the time of kiarostami, go here. His 1997 feature taste of cherry made him the first iranian filmmaker to win the palme dor. Join madras film screening club, as we proudly present our 12th edition of our monthly film screening series with abbas kiarostamis closeup 1990, a masterful complex interweaving of documentary and fiction. His 1997 feature taste of cherry made him the first iranian filmmaker to win the palme dor at cannes. At its simplest, kiarostami s masterpiece tackles sabzians moral. Closeup innovatively shows that truth can be stranger than fiction as kiarostami takes a story that he discovered in the news and makes it into a movie.
A fascinating mash up of reality and artifice, close up is a minor miracle of engaged storytelling whose compassionate final minutes will leave an. Made in 1990 by iranian master abbas kiarostami taste of cherry, closeup would turn out to be one of the key films of the decade, even if it received little stateside exposure outside the film festival and art house circuits. Abbas kiarostami, who passed away july 4th at age 76, was one of the great masters of the cinematic art form. The years following closeup brought increased renown to both kiarostami, whose taste of cherry 1997 became the first iranian film to win the palme dor at cannes, and makhmalbaf, who made the acclaimed a moment of innocence and gabbeh both 1996, and who, by 2009, was a parisbased advocate of irans green movement. Critics polls continue to place closeup 1990 and through the olive trees 1994 among the masterpieces of world cinema. N o one but abbas kiarostami seemed capable of recognizing the significance of one hossein sabzians affront to realism in cinema when he took on mohsen makhmalbafs namesake. This fictiondocumentary hybrid uses a sensational reallife eventthe. Join facebook to connect with abbas kiarostami and others you may know. Discover book depositorys huge selection of abbas kiarostami books online. Closeup nemaye nazdik, 1990 was perhaps abbas kiarostamis most criticallyacclaimed film, and yet it was apparently something of an opportunistic spurofthemoment production that was made without much prior planning. A unique and resplendent collaboration featuring two distinct but complementing perspectives, the book places kiarostami and his films in a national context and provides american readers with valuable insights into iranian culture, kiarostami s portrayal of women and.
Iranian director abbas kiarostami talks about his partdocumentary partnarrative film closeup. Closeup is perhaps kiarostamis crowning achievement when it comes to blending fact with fiction. Almost a year since abbas kiarostamis unexpected departure, closeup celebrates the art of iranian cinemas poet by screening some of his rarely seen early films made in the 1970s and 1980s for the centre for intellectual development of children and young adults known as kanoon, but also the report, a highly influential and compelling marriage drama. In this book hamid dabashi examines the growing reputation of iranian cinema from its origines in the films of kimiyai and mehrjui, through the work of established directors such as kiraostami, beyzai and banietemad. Photo collection by kiarostami, abbas and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Abbas kiarostamis filmscloseup, life and nothing more, through the olive trees, taste of cherry winner of the 1997 palme dor at cannes, and tenhave taken their place alongside the masterworks of world cinema. Yet kiarostami, the most influential filmmaker of postrevolutionary iran, has produced a body of work that is as rooted in. Sabzians an impostor of the famous iranian filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf the cyclist. Between 2006 and 2011, iranian film director abbas kiarostami author of three books of original verse released his selections from and adaptations of four masters of persian poetry. Water poetry by nima by abbas kiarostami, paperback.
A true story about a man who impersonates a director and becomes briefly close to a family. The art of living 2003, directed by fergus daly citation needed, and abbas kiarostami. Abbas kiraostami planted iran firmly on the map of world cinema when he won the palme dor at the cannes film festival in 1997 for his film a taste of cherry. Abbas kiarostamis close up an analysis in 1989, kiarostami came across an article in the weekly magazine about the strange case of a man who had impersonated, with dubious motives, another director, mohsen makhmalbaf, and who had been unmasked before he could commit his supposed fraud. Directed by abbas kiarostami 1990 iran starring hossein sabzian, abolfazi ahankhah, mahrokh ahankhah internationally revered iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years, and close up is his most radical, brilliant work. He wants someone to come by the next morning to fill it with earth or, if he is still alive, help him out. Ill never forget the experience of watching his 1990 landmark, closeup, in its pristine criterion edition, or becoming entranced by his 2010 masterwork, certified copy, when i first saw it on the big screen. Yet kiarostami, the most influential filmmaker of postrevolutionary iran, has produced a body of work that is as rooted in contemporary iran as it is universal in. Other extras include a new, highdef interview with kiarostami, a commentary track by jonathan rosenbaum and mehrnaz saeedvafa, who coauthored a book on kiarostami, and two documentaries. From the very first scene, it establishes one of the filmmakers favorite themes. What is the best introduction to abbas kiarostami films.
With hossain sabzian, mohsen makhmalbaf, abolfazl ahankhah, mehrdad ahankhah. Abbas kiarostami contemporary film directors by saeedvafa, mehrnaz and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Abbas kiarostamis 1997 film taste of cherry follows the middleaged badii as he drives around the outskirts of tehran trying to enlist strangers in the task of helping him commit suicide. Abbas kiarostami the filmmaker is renowned as an artist who stayed in iran after the islamic revolution of 1979, when others fled abroad. He then joined the center for intellectual development of children and young adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. David denby on the iranian film director abbas kiarostami the new yorker duration.
The true story of hossain sabzian that impersonated the director mohsen makhmalbaf to convince a family they would star in his socalled new film. The writerdirector, abbas kiarostami a taste of cherry, read about sabzians predicament in a magazine article, decided to film the trial, and then asked everyone involved to play themselves. Before his death in 2016, abbas kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored iranian cinemas rise as an international force. Except the family and the impersonator are all playing themselves and reenacting what happened. Abbas kiarostami speaking through interpreter vali mahlouji. See more ideas about close up, close up 1990 and close up kiarostami. Closeup by abbas kiarostami abbas kiarostami, hossein. New conversations on the iranian filmmaking legend. The mustsee of these films is closeup 1990, arguably kiarostamis most playful and audacious experiment with form and meaning. Kiarostami, who was born in 1940, had been directing mostly documentaries, along with a couple of neorealiststyled fiction films, since the 1970s, but he. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer.
1327 1596 1304 1259 1348 1418 81 30 1323 13 891 1085 724 1499 1117 355 212 1286 801 1125 846 177 96 1149 442 556 333 133 119 499 536 848 1520 1140 16 657 282 1366 1194 1171 587 1219 267 307 198