「Following the sound into the painting」Abbas Kiarostami’s Iranian Aesthetics in Close-Up

Blending documentary and fiction, Abbas Kiarostami’s camera blurs the boundaries of life. In Close-Up, he examines a lie rooted in longing for identity and obsession with cinema, through an almost compassionate poetic vision. More than a filmed account of a real-life trial, the work represents Kiarostami’s cinematic experiment: stepping into reality and reconstructing events through the lens. It is a plain-spoken yet profound ode, in which cinema illuminates marginal-souls and fulfils spiritual yearnings.

By Mr.Shan