Abbas Kiarostami: Expanded Second Edition

by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum

Book Overview

Before his death in 2016, Abbas Kiarostami wrote or directed more than thirty films in a career that mirrored Iranian cinema's rise as an international force. His 1997 feature Taste of Cherry made him the first Iranian filmmaker to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Critics' polls continue to place Close-Up (1990) and Through the Olive Trees (1994) among the masterpieces of world cinema. Yet Kiarostami's naturalistic impulses and winding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252083512
• ISBN13: 9780252083518
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"