The stunning docufiction of Abbas Kiarostami’s ‘Close-Up’
Manipulating the truth.
Abbas Kiarostami
Akira Kurosawa’s love of Iranian cinema: “A film must be made with the heart, not the mind”
The maestro appreciated the nation’s resurgence.
‘Close-Up’: The movie Martin Scorsese compares to his Bob Dylan documentary
“Deals directly with loneliness and the cinema as a community, a family.”
“A simplicity that’s so difficult to attain”: the director Michael Haneke says is still unsurpassed
An effortless approach to naturalism.
“The epicness of intimacy”: The movie Greta Gerwig calls “the perfect film”
“It’s about friendship and loyalty.”
The Palme d’Or-winning movie Roger Ebert called “excruciatingly boring”
“A worthwhile viewing experience? I say it is not.”
Short of the Week: A moral tale by Abbas Kiarostami
“A movie is about human beings, about humanity.”
The director that helped Martin Scorsese “find purity again”
“Makes me see people in the world in a new, refreshing and hopeful way.”
