Abbas Kiarostami: Expanded Second Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252083518)

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.

Author: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Jonathan Rosenbaum
ISBN-10: 0252083512
ISBN-13: 9780252083518
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2018
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d