Please do not contact allmovie about the status of data corrections. Apr 28, 2005 abbas kiarostami speaking through interpreter vali mahlouji. This thesis is an attempt to formulate a systematic framework for silence studies in the cinema by defining silence in pragmatic terms and suggesting different forms of filmic silence. What seems at first to be a straightforward tale of two peopleplayed by oscarwinning actress juliette binoche and opera singer william shimellgetting to know each other over the course of an afternoon gradually reveals itself as something richer. Doubtless a remarkable achievement, close up should nevertheless be placed on the challenging rather than entertaining pile. With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, closeup has resonated with viewers around the world. Sticking p l a c e books sticking place books test book sticking place books test book bojanovic english 190 pages 2015 paperback hardback. Ironically, while ali is on trial, the maker of this current film abbas kiarostami decides to film the procedings, and also stages a reconstruction of the events leading up to the trial, using all the actual participants, but has the restaged trial end less happily. Close up abbas kiarostami completa subtitulada youtube.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Closeup is perhaps kiarostami s crowning achievement when it comes to blending fact with fiction. She knows nothing about him, he thinks he knows her. Iran, 1990, 1h 38min, 35mm, in persian and azerbaijani with english subtitles.
Abbas kiarostami characteristically attaches a special significance to audiences. The criterion collection is getting ready for their close up iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami directs this movie, dubbed a fictiondocumentary hybrid, which takes an actual event. As an illustration of my model, i examine the variety of silences in the works of abbas kiarostami, a notable figure of art cinema. Sabzians trial is then filmed by abbas kiarostami the actual director of closeup.
This short films first shot shows students descending a staircase in calm, orderly fashion, then its second details the same action as a chaotic rush. I would like to welcome everybody here, especially my very good friends who ive just seen in the audience. First prize in narrative category for the experience at the 4th giffoni. Close up abbas kiarostami quick shop like someone in love abbas kiarostami quick shop taste of cherry abbas kiarostami quick shop through the olive trees abbas kiarostami where is the friends house. Shirin shirin offers a feast for the bedazzled eye and a crash course in narrative obsession for the benumbed mind.
See more ideas about iranian film, cinema and film. It is my favourite kiarostami so far i have seen all his films from 1990 close up to shirin 2008. Red carpet roundup scorecards subcult total recall video interviews. The film tells the story of the reallife trial of a man who impersonated filmmaker mohsen makhmalbaf, conning a family into believing they would star in his new film. Close up for abbas kiarostami all music by lasse marhaug and ken vandermark twenty first mobile musicascap cien fuegos. It features the people involved, acting as themselves.
A poor man pretending to be a famous film director manages to get in good terms with a rich family, until he gets caught and is brought to justice. How abbas kiarostami had me thinking in persian the new. Shirin features 1 closeups of mostly iranian actresses as they watch a. In kiarostamis contemplative dive into the very notion of based on a true story, the filmmaker. Each director presumably directed one of the three short films that make up the 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.
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. A fascinating mash up of reality and artifice, closeup is a minor miracle of engaged storytelling whose compassionate final minutes will leave an. If you are new on soap2day, then this guide will certainly help. At this stage, kiarostami and his reallife film crew enter the story to film the imposters trial. Irreverent city engineer behzad comes to a rural village in iran to keep vigil for a dying relative.
Kiarostami and the purge all of a sudden the purge. Subtitles for close up pretending to be mohsen makhmalbaf making his next movie, hossain sabzian enters the home of a welltodo family in tehran, promising it a prominent part in. In close up, kiarostami studies again the relationship between reality and film on many levels. Abbas kiarostami 1989, 85 min this film has english subtitles. Country iran director abbas kiarostami screenwriter abbas kiarostami composer kambi.
In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result. Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the abbas kiarostami directed movie via subscription can be a huge pain, so. Homework consists almost exclusively of interviews with a number of pupils and two fathers of pupils at shahid masumi school who are asked to give their opinion on the traditional teaching practice of assigning homework. Nov 16, 2010 i can think of no better way to introduce abbas kiarostamis certified copya bittersweet romance as concerned with the philosophy of perception as it is with love, marriage, beauty, and antiquitythan to think of it as a cunningly staged dramatic commentary on the art of fakery.
Kiarostami s close up lingers between documentary, pseudodocumentary and reenactment of an extraordinary real life case of a man impersonating a famous iranian director to win the respect of a middle class family. Abbas kiarostami, snow series, black and white photograph, 57 x edition of 5 abbas kiarostami, snow no. Though his name continues to pop up regularly as writer or story man on a good chunk of iranian cinema, abbas kiarostami himself has not filmed anything even vaguely commercial since 2002s ten. An entertaining and complex film in which documentary. There is a new video interview with kiarostami recorded by criterion in 2009, in marrakech, running just short of half an hour. A man pretends to be mohsen makhmalbaf, the director of salaam cinema. Made in 1974, abbas kiarostami s the traveler tells the story of a young boy who goes to great lengths to take a bus trip to see his favorite soccer team. Kiarostami recruits both sabzian and the family to reenact scenes from the incident and is not only permitted to film the trial, but apparently also collaborated with sabzian on. Michael atkinson, village voice the loss of abbas kiarostami to the world of film, this past july 4th, is inestimable. Filmed in tight, telephoto close shots, it centers on a single policeman who is attempting to enforce a regulation restricting traffic in the center of tehran. At soap2day different users around the world share fast streaming and downloading links of different websites and hosts that have your. Inspired by real events, waiting for kiarostami focuses on the life of a medical student dorsa at ningbo university in china who has to choose between her fathers wish for her to become a doctor, and her own passion to become a singer and an actress while abbas kiarostami wants her for his latest.
With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, close up one of kiarostami s most radical, brilliant works has resonated with viewers around the world. How to watch close up 1990 movie online without registration or login. The great iranian director abbas kiarostami travels to tuscany for a luminous and provocative romance in which nothing is as it appears. The film focuses on the travails of sabzian, a cinephile and fan of. Jul 07, 2016 how abbas kiarostami had me thinking in persian. The analytical approach suggested here can further be applied to the. Its based on the true story of a man who impersonated a famous iranian director and then wormed his way into a filmloving familys confidence. The entire incident comes about in a seemingly innocent way. Mar 27, 2016 a scene from closeup by abbas kiarostami. 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. 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. Godfrey cheshire will sign copies of his book, conversations with kiarostami, after the screening. Close up long shot, a fortyfiveminute documentary on close up s central figure, hossein sabzian, five years after kiarostami s film a walk with kiarostami 2003, a thirtytwo minute documentary portrait of the director by iranian film professor jamsheed akram new video interview with kiarostami. Werner herzog has called this the greatest of all documentaries about filmmaking, and he may not be.
Close up photographers at work 1of2 legendado pt br duration. The facets video dvd of close up does not qualitatively match up with the film itself. Celebrated iranian writerdirector abbas kiarostami taste of cherry, close up once again casts his masterful cinematic gaze upon the modern sociopolitical landscape of his homeland, this time as seen through the eyes of one woman as she drives through the streets of tehran over a period of several days. Viewers of foreignlanguage films sometimes forget that they are reading subtitles instead of understanding what the actors are saying. A fascinating mashup of reality and artifice, closeup is a minor miracle of. Closeup long shot, a fortyfiveminute documentary on closeup s central figure, hossein sabzian, five years after kiarostami s film a walk with kiarostami 2003, a thirtytwo minute documentary portrait of the director by iranian film professor jamsheed akram new video interview with kiarostami. With video converter, you can add subtitles to a video for playing either on pc, device or tv. Winner of palme dor at the 1997 cannes film festival english subtitles 1997 gabbeh.
Its based on the true story of a man who impersonated a famous iranian director and then. Iranian director abbas kiarostami talks about his partdocumentary partnarrative film close up skip navigation sign in. Abbas kiarostami s films include close up, taste of cherry, certified copy, where is the friends home for a better experience on mubi, update your browser. Jury special award for the bread and alley at the 5th tehran international festival of films for children and young adults, iran 1970.
Abbas kiarostami films on bluray, dvd, and streaming. This fictiondocumentary hybrid uses a sensational reallife eventthe arrest of a young man on charges that he fraudulently impersonated the wellknown filmmaker mohsen. Anyone interested in giving kiarostami a try should start with the koker trilogy where is the friends home, life and nothing more, and through the olive trees, which become more and more selfreflexive without in the least losing their eye for human and social reality. Jan 01, 2009 it is the love story of khosro, shirin, and farhad, a masterpiece by the great iranian poet nezami ganjavi. With homayoun ershadi, ana bayat, dorsa sinaki, randy williams.
Iranian film director abbas kiarostami has won the admiration of audiences and critics worldwide and has received more than 70 awards in his career to date these awards are listed below. The film comes with english subtitles, but no englishlanguage track. Full movie links are also available in the section below player. With behzad dorani, noghre asadi, roushan karam elmi, bahman ghobadi. Kiarostami turns cinema around by showing us only the cinema audience and their reactions to the filmplay that we only hear and that we believe they are watching. Film manufactures the real, even in documentary, where. Apr 23, 20 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. Closeup 1990 closeup is perhaps kiarostami s crowning achievement when it comes to blending fact with fiction. Fancy watching close up in the comfort of your own home. Events preceding the young mans arrest are dramatized and reconstructed, but with the real people playing themselves. Election year became a standin for americas violent, cynical, stupid cinemathe exact opposite of everything kiarostami stood for and everything he achieved over four and a half decades of filmmaking in iran and elsewhere.
Why you should know abbas kiarostami and his 6 most. The work features effective editing and an attention to details which, as always, render kiarostamis movies simple, different and absorbing. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title close up. Sep 28, 2014 taking this opportunity to write about my favorite director and his films. Close up nemaye nazdik in close up, abbas kiarostami retells the true story of the trial of hossein sabzian who fraudulently convinced a family that he was the famous film director, mohsen makhmalbaf. Abbas kiarostami was an iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer and film producer whose filmmaking career spanned more than 40 years. Internationally revered iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami has created some of the most inventive and transcendent cinema of the past thirty years. However, do you know we can use it to add subtitles to your video. Preceded by kiarostami s short film solution 11 min at one point in close up, the main figure, hossein sabzian, says, i am the child from the film the traveler whos left behind. Iranian auteur abbas kiarostami s masterpiece tells a direct but multifaceted true story of a man who impersonates a famous filmmaker. Iranian documentarydrama film directed by abbas kiarostami. Abbas kiarostami put aside his plans for the second film zendegi va digar. On top of it all, the film is based largely on real events. Jan 18, 2009 iranian director abbas kiarostami talks about his partdocumentary partnarrative film closeup skip navigation sign in.
With its universal themes and fascinating narrative knots, close up resonates powerfully with viewers around the world. But the web that is woven between them in the space of twentyfour hours bears no relation to the circumstances of their encounter. Kiarostami s own youthful employment as a traffic cop informs this short documentary feature. The singular art of playing yourself in farsi with english subtitles.
Closeup abbas kiarostami data corrections allmovie. How to add subtitles to a video in vlc we all know vlc is a video player and we use it a lot. Silence studies in the cinema and the case of abbas kiarostami. Fans of iranian cinema are sure to be fans of majid majidi. He welcomes her into his home, she offers him her body. Playing themselves, a family is courted by director mohsen makhmalbaf to appear in his movieexcept that it isnt makhmalbaf at all, but rather unemployed film buff hossain sabzian, whom the family would later take to court. Like someone in love revolves around the brief encounter between an elderly professor the wonderful 81yearold stage actor tadashi okuno, here playing his first leading role in a film and a sociology student rin takanashi who moonlights as a highend escort. Almost the entire film takes place on a train to rome. The disarming centerpiece of a trilogy of films by abbas kiarostami, this work heads towards the same place that roberto rossellini set out for in the 1950s. Rent closeup 1990 starring mohsen makhmalbaf and abolfazl ahankhah on dvd and bluray. Closeup long shot, is a documentary on closeups central figure, hossein sabzian, six years after the film.
Watching kiarostami films at home tehran bureau frontline. This fictiondocumentary hybrid uses a sensational reallife eventthe. 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. Ive heard this many times before and also that close up forms a trilogy with the latter two films, which is actually a stronger argument, but its not really supportable on the evidence, since life and nothing more is actually specifically about the filmmaker of where is the friends house. The movie close up follows hossain sabzain who pretends to be director mohsen makhmalbaf looking to make a movie. After the arrest of hossein sabzian, a cineastegrifter who wormed his way into a familys home by promising to make a movie about them, kiarostami decides not only to film the trial and its aftermath, but also to recreate the entire affair, complete with sabzian. With hossain sabzian, mohsen makhmalbaf, abolfazl ahankhah, mehrdad ahankhah. I suggest the critiion collction collet and publish other kiarostamis films too. This is a reenactment of real events including the trail that took place from a. Closeup has been widely hailed as one of kiarostami s crowning achievements and one of the greatest films of the. He is invited into the home of a rich family who think they are going to be part of the movie.
Tickets 2005 was directed by abbas kiarostami, ken loach, and ermanno olmi. Closeup is a 1990 iranian docufiction written, directed and edited by abbas kiarostami. Subtitles nemaye nazdik subtitles english 1cd srt eng. A film about human identity, it helped to increase recognition of kiarostami in the west. Special prize for film career of abbas kiarostami at the 21st montpellier. Close up, a towering masterpiece within a body of work that was never less than consistently beguiling and narratively adventurous, is perhaps kiarostami s bestknown film and one whose focus on the impact of humanist cinema on ordinary lives remains vitally resonant today. Additionally, the sound is not of the best quality, even though im mindful of several scenes where kiarostami deliberately lets the sound be lost.
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