With his use of non-actors and his loose use of documentary rules, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's (TASTE OF CHERRY) films can often be characterized by asking whether what the viewer is seeing is reality or fiction. The film which perhaps most exemplifies this is CLOSE-UP, ostensibly a document ...
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Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's simple yet evocative films such as BADKONAKE SEFID (THE WHITE BALLOON) owe much to the influential Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. FIVE DEDICATED TO OZU, Kiarostami's homage to Ozu's sparse cinematic style, comprises five short sequences filmed with a hand-held c ...
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This triptych from acclaimed directors Abbas Kiarostami, Ken Loach, and Ermanno Olmi weaves together three interrelated stories about passengers on a train to Rome, who meet each other in passing but are linked by deeper themes and issues. The stellar cast includes Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Blerta Cah ...
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