Abbas Kiarostami: A Report
Posted by By ifvc at 23 March, at 17 : 35 PM Print
Writer/Director/Producer: Bahman Maghsoudlou
Editor: Abbas Ahmadi Motlagh, Ghasem Ebrahimian, Lillie Zuck
Camera: Mohammad Abdi, Jean Francois Chevalier, Kambiz Kooshan Bahram Molaie, Bahman Maghsoudlou, Seifollah Samadian, Bahman Soltani
Still: Hamideh Sharifraad
Poster: Ali Bagheri
With: Kourosh Afsharpanah, Aydin Aghdashlou, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Godfrey Cheshire, Hagir Daryoush, Pierre Henry Deleau, Jean-Michel Frodon, Farrokh Ghaffary, Fereydoun Hoveyda, Richard Pena, Andrew Sarris, Martin Scorsese, Yousef Shahab, Sheila Whitaker, Alireza Zarindast, and Abbas Kiarostami
Executive Producer: Behzad Maghsoudlou, Bijan Maghsoudlou Bahman Maghsoudlou
Iran/USA, Color and B/W, 88 Minutes, Farsi & English with English subtitles International Film & Video Center, Copyright, 2013
Synopsis: An analysis of the style and vision of Abbas Kiarostami, the world’s most iconic Iranian filmmaker, through the lens of his earliest work, including his first short film (Bread & Alley, 1970) and, particularly, his first feature, The Report. This early example of Kiarostami’s work gives insight into his poetic, humanistic tendencies, combining allegorical storytelling with a documentary, neo-realist sensibility, and often exploring the very nature of film as fiction, that have pervaded his work ever since, including such recent international sensations as A Taste of Cherry and Certified Copy. Exclusive interviews with film critics, historians and scholars (including the late great Andrew Sarris) and those directly involved in the making of The Report provide a look at how the career of this master independent auteur began and was shaped.
Festivals:
• The World Film Festival, Montreal, 2013
• So Much to Teach Us: Kiarostami Films Iran, with 8 films By Kiarostami,
• The Indiana University Cinema, 2014
Reviews
London, screening of Abbas Kiarostami: A Report, June 20, 2014
Amir Taheri, “A Report”: A Study of Abbas Kiarostami’s Cinema
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