Abbas Kiarostami: Photographies, Photographs, Fotografie ...: Trente Questions À Abbas Kiarostami par Michel Ciment

by Abbas Kiarostami, Abbas Kiarostami, Michel Ciment

This collection of spellbinding landscape photographs proves that filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, whose The Taste of Cherry (Le Gout de la Cerise) won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1997, should be similarly commended for his photography. Taken in Kurdistan and northern Iran during location shooting for his latest film, Ceremonie Speciale, the images here present us with the same mystical universe, the same clarity, and the same sense of symbol and allegory as Kiarostami's cinematic work. At the same time, however, we are struck by one major difference between his films and the photographs contained here: except for a single solitary dog, humans and animals are absent from these photographs -- it is as though one of Kiarostami's films had been frozen, and all of its narrative structures and interpersonal relationships erased, leaving only these sublime and mysterious tableaux. This sumptuously designed book also contains an introductory interview with the filmmaker, conducted by noted French scholar Michel Clement.

Genres: Art, Biography

111 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Abbas Kiarostami was born in Tehran, Iran, in 1940. He graduated from university with a degree in fine arts before starting work as a graphic designer. He then joined the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, where he started a film section, and this started his career as a filmmaker at the age of 30. Since then he has made many movies and has become one of the most important figures in contemporary film. He is also a major figure in the arts world, and has had numerous gallery exhibitions of his photography, short films and poetry. He is an iconic figure for what he has done, and he has achieved it all by believing in the arts and the creativity of his mind.

Reviews

[Tiago Padlir · Rating 4 out of 5]

Um livro sobre a vida e sobre cinema que é indispensável. E também sobre cinema. E mostra que Kiarostami não é exatamente flor que ser cheire. Porém, é uma obra essencial para entender o processo desse amante do cinema que parece não ter sido influenciado por ninguém.

A edição em especial tem um problema de impressão, onde da metade do texto para baixo, parece que teve falta de tinta, o que estraga a leitura. E acho um exagera a filmografia comentada por meio de resumo da trama.