Abbas kiarostami was an iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. It was nominated for the palme dor at the 2002 cannes film festival. Abbas kiarostami, who passed away july 4th at age 76, was one of the great masters of the cinematic art form. Shot on digital video within the confines of a single vehicle, ten brings the intricate. I am unable to grasp the greatness of abbas kiarostami. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play. Though filming entirely on intimate closeup in the front of a single taxicab seemed a striking and innovative approach to a film, i did feel it might end up being a limitation for the film, and that 90 minutes of front seat conversations might begin to grate a little. Top 10 movies of iranian great director abbas kiarostami.
His work featured improvised performances, documentary textures, and reallife rhythms. Apr 11, 2003 i am unable to grasp the greatness of abbas kiarostami. Documentary where iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami reflects on his own filmmaking techniques, drawing from his own films and 2001s ten in particular. And yet his filmsfor example his latest work, ten are meant not so much to be watched as to be written about. The first of kiarostami s films to be banned in his native country, ten consists of. Mar 24, 2018 top 10 movies of iranian great director abbas kiarostami you should watch 10.
Abbas kiarostami s new movie is a stylish and mysterious study of relationships, with powerful central performances phillip french sat 4 sep 2010. Ten, the latest film by iranian master filmmaker abbas kiarostami, focuses on ten conversations between a female driver in tehran and the passengers in her car. An active filmmaker from 1970, kiarostami had been invol. In tuscany to promote his latest book, a middleaged british writer meets a french woman who leads him to the village of lucignano.
As a humanist filmmaker his reach was global, and his work was championed by fellow directors akira kurosawa, walter salles, ermanno olmi, and victor erice, among others. Nosrat panahi nejad abbas kiarostami doors and memories film muto. Her exchanges with her young son, a jilted bride, a prostitute, a women on her way to prayer and others, shed light on the lives and emotions of these women whose voices are seldom heard. In recent months, kiarostami had undergone a number of surgeries. Like kurosawa or hitchcock, kiarostami successfully creates a unique filmmaking style, the kiarostami style, and in the last thirty years, his style has been. It is a testament then to kiarostamis talent that something so potentially banal winds up becoming its own unique, full fledged work. Abbas kiarostami celebrity profile check out the latest abbas kiarostami photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Iranian documentarydrama film directed by abbas kiarostami. Abbas kiarostami kiarostami s different and deep outlook on life, and his invitation to peace and friendship, will be an everlasting achievement, thanks to master alireza davood nejad, who was my motivation for creating the film. Jan 20, 2017 the first of kiarostamis films to be banned in his native country, ten consists of a series of conversations filmed with two cameras mounted on a dashboard.
Jul 04, 2016 abbas kiarostami, iranian filmmaker who was known for experimenting with the boundaries between reality and fiction throughout a fourdecade career. Ten 2002 in the 2000s, kiarostami began making experimental moviesten is the first and shirin 2008 is the last. Why you should know abbas kiarostami and his 6 most. Watch iranian film, documentary, short film and iraniantv. His a taste of cherry 1997 won the palme dor at cannes, and the wind will carry us 1999 won the golden lion at venice. He then joined the center for intellectual development of children and young adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pickups and hitchhikers. Ten, the latest film by iranian master filmmaker abbas kiarostami, focuses on ten. Abbas kiarostami, the man who put irans movies on the map. Jeanluc godard from september 6 through october 30, the gene siskel film center presents the retrospective abbas kiarostami, a series that encompasses a total of thirtytwo films, the largest selection of the work of this major iranian director yet available in north america. Aug 09, 2014 the filmmaker is a source of pride, because through his films, kiarostami manages to present a new, refreshing image of iran, a poetic outlook one cant find in any other iranian movie. Iranian auteur abbas kiarostami offers the viewer a master class as he drives along the hillsides he made famous in taste of cherry. Mania akbari plays a woman who drives around tehran with different passengers.
Dec 29, 2008 master filmmaker abbas kiarostami shares ten lessons on movie making while driving through the locations of his past films. Abbas kiarostami was born in tehran, iran, in 1940. Jul 06, 2016 abbas kiarostami, a director whose films served as many cinephiles introduction to the vibrant world of iranian cinema, died monday, july 4, at his home in paris. His films included the koker trilogy and taste of cherry. The filmmaker is a source of pride, because through his films, kiarostami manages to present a new, refreshing image of iran, a poetic outlook one cant find in any other iranian movie. Abbas kiarostami biography, movie highlights and photos. With juliette binoche, william shimell, jeanclaude carriere, agathe natanson. Ten is kiarostamis most accomplished experimental film, however, as it is his first movie about women, as well as his most fruitful effort in eliminating the director during the course of filmmaking. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper. Oct 14, 2018 nominated for palmedor at cannes international film festival 2002 directed by abbas kiarostami starring mania akbari, amin maher. The entire film was shot inside a car photo courtesy new york film festival. Abbas kiarostami 19402016 was the most influential iranian filmmaker to emerge following that countrys 1979 political revolution.
Ten 2002 abbas kiarostami s experimental road movie gives voice to iranian women. Looking to his own art for inspiration, abbas kiarostami reflects on his techniques of filming and how he taped certain sequences in ten in 2001. The movie is shot on digital video with a stationary camera mounted inside the car, in a manner reminiscent of taste of cherry and ten. A drama that consists of a series of ten conversations that take place between the driver of a car, a middleclass tehran woman in her 30s, and various passengers, including her young son. An awful year got worse yesterday with the announcement that abbas kiarostami, the great iranian filmmaker, had passed away at the age of 76. Emboldened, i suggested he throw his corporate muscle behind abbas kiarostami s brilliant, radically minimal new film ten. At this thought, sadly, the executive flinched as if someone had. Ten is a 2002 iranian film, a docufiction directed by abbas kiarostami, starring mania akbari and amin maher. The movie is shot on digital video with a stationary camera mounted. Despite the title, 10 on ten is not specifically or only about kiarostamis 2003 film, ten. Kiarostami has a body of work stretching back to the early 1970s, most notably his early feature, gozaresh, which sadly no one on staff was able to track down as far as we.
With mania akbari, amin maher, kamran adl, roya akbari. Despite its critical acclaim, i was uncertain approaching abbas kiarostami s ten. Abbas kiarostami, irans bestknown filmmaker, died monday, july 4. In accordance with the data protection act of 1978 january 6th act amended in 2004, on information technology, data files and civil liberties, users have the right to access and rectify information, as well as the right to oppose the use of this data, by sending a letter. Jul 04, 2016 enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Sep 25, 2011 jonathan rosenbaum reports that 10 on ten was in fact commissioned as an extra for the region 2 release of ten. Abbas kiarostami extols pretty much the same cinematic philosophy in 10 on ten, a digital video fashioned as a set of lessons about ten, the iranian filmmakers previous feature. When abbas kiarostami died on july 4th at the age of 76, people who in any small way loved the mans work became, as is often the case in the wake of the passing of any iconic artist, suddenly. I try to disturb the viewer, the iranian director abbas kiarostami reminds us, as he talks about his radical new film, shot inside a car. Jul 04, 2016 in 2002 kiarostami pulled double duty as the screenwriter and director of the golden palm nominated drama ten. Abbas kiarostami was an iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer and film producer whose filmmaking career spanned more than 40 years.
Though filming entirely on intimate closeup in the front of a single taxicab seemed a striking and innovative approach to a film, i did feel it might end up being a limitation for the film, and that 90 minutes of front seat conversations might begin to grate a. Abbas kiarostami s cinema has long been a humanitarian one, but not in the often condescending, conventional sense of the word. Nominated for palmedor at cannes international film festival 2002 directed by abbas kiarostami starring mania akbari, amin maher. Focusing on ten conversations with women at crucial tuning points in their lives, the film proved the perfect showcase for kiarostami s intimate style by discussing issues generally ignored in iranian cinema. The film is divided into ten scenes, each of which depict a conversation between an. Kiarostami produced 10 on ten 2004, a journal documentary that shares ten lessons on movie making while he drives through the locations of his past films. Ranking all of director abbas kiarostamis movies cinema. His cinema carries the utmost respect for an audience as a collection of thinking, intellectualizing individuals. Ill never forget the experience of watching his 1990 landmark, closeup, in its pristine criterion edition, or becoming entranced by his 2010 masterwork, certified copy, when i first saw it on the big screen.
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