thx! The Wedding Suit is on YT also, which I am missing at the retro today.
The Report was shown in a digital copy of an old print; negative is long gone apparently.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 February 2013 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
i think the youtubes are their own peculiar blend of digitised vhs bleariness. thinkin baout hito steyerl. enjoy any others you catch - was actually most fascinated by the prospect of 10 on 10 when i was reading the precis, it sounded really interesting.
― schlump, Sunday, 10 February 2013 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
wow, seems like most of his major ones are on there.
― you're going home in a crispy ambulance (cajunsunday), Sunday, 10 February 2013 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
The Report is available as an extra on the Criterion edition of Certified Copy.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 10 February 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
and The Traveler w/ Close Up.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 10 February 2013 20:32 (eleven years ago) link
'like someone in love' is a bit bizarre, theres really such a light touch to the plot/characterization that im legitimately unsure what to take from it
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 00:38 (eleven years ago) link
I saw it Sunday and am still processing. Liked the cast, esp the old man. 60% of it in cars, OK. Overriding theme seemed to be losing family and the cost/ugliness of trying to connect to a new family/individual.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 27 February 2013 02:59 (eleven years ago) link
it feels v open to varying interpretations. a lot of critics seemed to get a deep loneliness/ennui vibe which idk
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 27 February 2013 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
watching it this afternoon
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2013 16:18 (eleven years ago) link
I liked it!!
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 March 2013 21:53 (eleven years ago) link
so no else saw it??
― the little prince of inane false binary hype (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 March 2013 02:12 (eleven years ago) link
Out of country but desperate to see it. Maybe it will still be on in 3 weeks! Maybe?
― Gukbe, Monday, 25 March 2013 02:15 (eleven years ago) link
I loved it.
― That elusive North American wood-ape (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 25 March 2013 02:42 (eleven years ago) link
i wanted some "Marienbad-isms."
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Monday, 25 March 2013 03:13 (eleven years ago) link
this was very good! not as good as Certified Copy imo but still pretty great.
― Gukbe, Saturday, 13 April 2013 04:49 (eleven years ago) link
Just finished Certified Copy. Not sure I can recommend it for anyone who's been in a long relationship; I feel like I've just been dissected, found to be malignant, and (rightly) discarded with all the other medical waste. What an amazing film.
― things are going to get better or worse (WilliamC), Sunday, 4 August 2013 22:15 (ten years ago) link
I was down to see Close-Up a week ago. Friday night, so, as per usual, I lasted about 20 minutes before I started drifting. I rented it a few days later, also Certified Copy.
I admired the skill and the performances (especially Binoche) in both, and, as you can guess from such wording, I say that in the most dispassionate way. (I was also relieved to read that the thing I was confused about in Close-Up--"Um, were they married?"--was supposed to confuse me.) I'm surprised that Close-Up is so high in greatest-ever lists, or that it's there at all. I can think of a few huckster/ruse films--I know admirers would hate that description, but that's essentially what it is--that treated the subject with a little more verve.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 April 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
Confused about in Certified Copy, I meant.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 April 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link
Certified Copy is overrated. Close-Up is one of the best movies ever. I don't care if you want to judge it's quality on how much verve it treats it's huckster with, but that final sequence with them on the motorcycle, and that final freeze-frame, that is some of the most amazing imagery of all time.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 4 April 2015 22:57 (nine years ago) link
of all time
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 4 April 2015 22:59 (nine years ago) link
but yeah that's a sensible redressunbearable contrarianism here but, for real, close up is like my fifth-fav kiarostami, & i think there's a slight bout-de-souffle dimension to its prominence, representing a whole era or school of thought in lieu of alternate films that have more specific rewards. but it's great, too, is so funny, has a lot of heart, &c, so i don't think it needs denuding.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
The freeze-frame was nice. Overall, I didn't find it all that visually interesting. Apparently there was a music video that paid tribute to the motorcycle ride.
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:03 (nine years ago) link
a lot of the visual satisfaction of kiarostami's how tight it is, i think; something always incredibly judicious & economical, this sorta treasures of sierra madre academy ratio choppiness, really defined sense of space.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:10 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoV6xfgCkcM
― clemenza, Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
Close-Up is as mentioned my favorite, but I was still surprised to see that it was the only Kiarostami on the Sight and Sound top 250. I thought pretty much everything else he made in the nineties was better regarded. He was on top for a loooong time.
All those courthouse scenes aren't that visually arresting, but I'm still on board. It's the mood, the themes, and that perfect final sequence that does it for me. If we talked only visuals, something like Through the Olive Trees or The Wind Will Carry Us are probably more consistently masterful. They don't quite hit me the same way, though.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:29 (nine years ago) link
Mystified that Taste of Cherry fell off so sharply as I thought it was the consensus favorite for a little while there. But maybe I just thought that way because I saw that one first, and it knocked me flat.
― Eric H., Saturday, 4 April 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link
i feel like the aesthetics of the courthouse scene - the variation in lenses, cameras & the vantage point of kiarostami aside them - are Doing A Lot in close-up. the attention of the onlookers is so rapturous, too. i always think of the sister, her glasses.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:00 (nine years ago) link
All the courthouse scenes are real, iirc.
― Frederik B, Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
ha, wow. right.
― tender is the late-night daypart (schlump), Sunday, 5 April 2015 00:12 (nine years ago) link
A fan's guide to Kiarostami by econ-blogger Tyler Cowen:
http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/04/what-is-the-best-introduction-to-abbas-kiarostami-films.html
― o. nate, Monday, 6 April 2015 01:58 (nine years ago) link
close up is one of my all-time favorite movies, and imo pretty incredible as a gesture of forgiveness from one human being to another.
― the late great, Monday, 6 April 2015 02:11 (nine years ago) link
i think that a new poll is in order, as long as we can get more than 4 people voting for these films.
― 뉴 메탈은 나머지 모든 보지 똥, 거기입니다 최고의 음악이다 (Eisbaer), Monday, 25 May 2015 08:11 (eight years ago) link
Dead :https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/04/abbas-kiarostami-master-of-cinematic-poetry-peter-bradshaw
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 4 July 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
fuck!
― riverine (map), Monday, 4 July 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
what a shitty fucken year eh
― The Nickelbackean Ethics (jim in glasgow), Monday, 4 July 2016 20:14 (seven years ago) link
devastating
― schlump, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:15 (seven years ago) link
Ach. RIP
― My City Slang Was Gone (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 4 July 2016 20:16 (seven years ago) link
Fuck man, RIP.
The Academy invited him just days ago iirc. Should've done that decades earlier. Tragic loss.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:21 (seven years ago) link
kiarostami is the academy
― schlump, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:23 (seven years ago) link
:-(
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:35 (seven years ago) link
Great lost, we need his light more than ever.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:46 (seven years ago) link
I would be down for a re-poll. I'm going to watch a 5-6 of his films in the coming week.
― Van Horn Street, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:47 (seven years ago) link
^^ Me too. Fire up that poll imho.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 4 July 2016 20:49 (seven years ago) link
man what horrible news to come home to. usually when someone i admire dies in their 70s i'm okay with it, but Kiarostami was still relevant and making great films. a huge loss.
gonna fire up my Close-Up bluray now
― woman in the dunes, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
thats very sad. wish i was able to see the full season that the BFI did on him but his films meant a lot to me.
― StillAdvance, Tuesday, 5 July 2016 07:04 (seven years ago) link
link roundup
https://www.fandor.com/keyframe/daily-abbas-kiarostami-1940-2016
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 5 July 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
Godfrey Cheshire on knowing A.K. and his films:
http://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/godfrey-cheshire-on-knowing-abbas-kiarostami-through-his-films-and-friendship
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 July 2016 19:28 (seven years ago) link
good read.
― Ludo, Tuesday, 12 July 2016 19:49 (seven years ago) link
This is sad:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jul/14/abbas-kiarostami-film-maker-death-sparks-debate-patient-right-be-informed-iran?CMP=share_btn_tw
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Thursday, 14 July 2016 21:31 (seven years ago) link
I just watched And Life Goes On for the first time this week, wonderful.
― calzino, Thursday, 14 July 2016 21:51 (seven years ago) link