"Invaluable." --<i>Harper's Magazine</i><br />  

Praise for the first edition:<br /> "Offers a useful basic introduction to Kiarostami and contemporary Iranian film. . . . Additionally, the book contains a very helpful filmography wherein a summary is provided for each of Kiarostami's films, including the [shorts] and documentaries he made in the 1970s."--Film International

"A lively, accessible, and insightful introduction to the distinctive voice for a roiling, enigmatic culture."--<i>Choice</i>

Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force. His 1997 feature Taste of Cherry made him the first Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Critics' polls continue to place Close-Up (1990) and Through the Olive Trees (1994) among the masterpieces of world cinema. Yet Kiarostami's naturalistic impulses and winding complexity made him one of the most divisive—if influential—filmmakers of his time. In this expanded second edition, award-winning Iranian filmmaker Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum renew their illuminating cross-cultural dialogue on Kiarostami's work. The pair chart the filmmaker's late-in-life turn toward art galleries, museums, still photography, and installations. They also bring their distinct but complementary perspectives to a new conversation on the experimental film Shirin. Finally, Rosenbaum offers an essay on watching Kiarostami at home while Saeed-Vafa conducts a deeply personal interview with the director on his career and his final feature, Like Someone in Love.
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Preface and Acknowledgments Abbas KiarostamiJonathan Rosenbaum Abbas KiarostamiMehrnaz Saeed-Vafa A Dialogue between the Authors Interviews with Abbas Kiarostami A Dialogue about Shirin New Dialogue: Fifteen Years Later Watching Kiarostami Films at HomeJonathan Rosenbaum Reflections on Like Someone in LoveMehrnaz Saeed-VafaFilmographyBibliographyIndex
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780252083518
Publisert
2018-03-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
University of Illinois Press
Vekt
254 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
212

Om bidragsyterne

Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa is a filmmaker and a professor of cinema and television arts at Columbia College in Chicago. She is the author of several essays and articles on Iranian cinema. Jonathan Rosenbaum was the film critic for the Chicago Reader from 1987 to 2008. He archives his work at jonathanrosenbaum.net. His books include Goodbye Cinema, Hello Cinephilia and Discovering Orson Welles.