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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Abbas Kiarostami |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Directors · Recommended · Film About Film · Theatrical Release |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
736899031060 |
| Release Date: |
1990 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 40min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
Farsi |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. (February 23, 2002)
UPC: 736899031060 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 40min
Release Company: Facets Multi-Media, Inc. (February 19, 2002)
UPC: 736899414832 |
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Professional Reviews
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(11/01/2007, p.85, Kate Stables): "Kiorastami's innovative neo-realist drama-documentary recreates the capture and trial of an Iranian film fan, Hossain Sabszian....[A] thoughtful, compassionate treatment..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
With his use of non-actors and his loose use of documentary rules, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's (TASTE OF CHERRY) films can often be characterized by asking whether what the viewer is seeing is reality or fiction. The film which perhaps most exemplifies this is CLOSE-UP, ostensibly a documentary about an impostor of another Iranian director, Mohsen Makhmalbaf (GABBEH; ONCE UPON A TIME, CINEMA). Kiarostami tells the story by asking questions from off-screen to those involved in the legal case, then having the participants play themselves in a re-enactment of the events which actually occurred. A masterwork, considered by many to be Kiarostami's best. |
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