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Tag Archives: Abbas Kiarostami
Shirin (2008); Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
We tell ourselves stories in order to live. The princess is caged in the consulate. The man with the candy will lead the children into the sea. The naked woman on the ledge outside the window on the sixteenth floor … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Golshifteh Farahani, Hediyeh Tehrani, Iran, Iranian film, Juliette Binoche, Leila Hatami, Taraneh Alidoosti
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Crimson Gold (2003); Director: Jafar Panahi
Crimson Gold opens with a stick-up at a jewelry store. The camera is placed inside the dark store, and through its point of view we can see out onto the sunny street beyond. We see the little old jeweler come … Continue reading
Jafar Panahi’s release: “A moral victory”
Geoffrey Cheshire, expert in Iranian cinema, writes a great piece about the release of Jafar Panahi. It just so happens that Panahi’s imprisonment coincided with the Cannes Film Festival (although there may be more than coincidence at work here). If … Continue reading
Binoche and Kiarostami
Great interview from Cannes with Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami about his latest film, Certified Copy, starring, among others, Juliette Binoche. I loved this part: My next film is going to be a road movie too. In my film Ten on … Continue reading
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Tagged Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy, Iran, Iranian film, Jafar Panahi, Juliette Binoche
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“Finally, I swear upon what I believe in, the cinema: I will not cease my hunger strike until my wishes are satisfied.” – Jafar Panahi
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, who was invited to be on the jury at Cannes, is obviously not present, due to his imprisonment. A chair has been left open for him at Cannes, a clear statement of solidarity and support of … Continue reading
“My heartfelt wish is that artists no longer be imprisoned in this country because of their art and that the independent and young Iranian cinema no longer faces obstacles, lack of support, attention and prejudice.”
Abbas Kiarostami, perhaps the most famous of Iranian directors working today, has published an open letter in a Tehran newspaper calling for the release of Jafar Panahi (and also Mahmoud Rasoulof) – two filmmakers incarcerated in the last couple of … Continue reading
Taste of Cherry (1997); Dir. Abbas Kiarostami: The Taboo of Suicide
Suicide is (and always has been) a cross-cultural taboo. No religion is indifferent to it. I think the ancient Egyptians might have been a culture that thought it was a valid way to go, if you wanted to escape this … Continue reading
Deserted Station (2002); Dir. Alireza Raisian
Deserted Station is a haunting quiet (at times too quiet) film based on a story by Iranian great Abbas Kiarostami, and directed by Alireza Raisian, it tells the story of a husband and wife (the wife is played by the … Continue reading
