Abbas Kiarostami

Interviews

Monika Raesch

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781496844866
• eBook ISBN: 9781496844880
• Topic: Media & Performing Arts
• Subtopic: Film & Video

The cinephile community knows Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) as one of the most important filmmakers of the previous decades. This volume illustrates why the Iranian filmmaker achieved critical acclaim around the globe and details his many contributions to the art of filmmaking. Kiarostami began his illustrious career in his native Iran in the 1970s, although European and American audiences did not begin to take notice until he released his 1987 feature Where's the Friend's House? His films defy established conventions, placing audiences as active viewers who must make decisions about actions and characters while watching the narratives unfold. He asks viewers to question the genre construct ( Close - Up ) and challenges them to determine how to watch and imagine a narrative ( Ten and Shirin ). In recognition for his approach to the craft, Kiarostami was awarded many honors during his lifetime, including the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for Taste of Cherry. In Abbas Kiarostami: Interviews, editor Monika Raesch collects eighteen interviews (several translated into English for the first time), lectures, and other materials that span Kiarostami's career in the film industry. In addition to exploring his expertise, the texts provide insight into his life philosophy. This volume offers a well-rounded picture of the filmmaker through his conversations with journalists, film scholars, critics, students, and audience members.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chronology
• Filmography
• The Camera of Art—An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami
• Abbas Kiarostami by Akram Zaatari
• Abbas Kiarostami Interview
• A Fax Conversation between Jonathan Rosenbaum and Abbas Kiarostami
• Between Dreams and Reality
• Interview with Abbas Kiarostami for a Book by Jonathan Rosenbaum
• Nature Has No Culture: The Photographs of Abbas Kiarostami
• Meeting Abbas Kiarostami—The 24th Montreal World Film Festival
• Abbas Kiarostami—The Poetry of Everyday Life
• Interview: Abbas Kiarostami
• Abbas Kiarostami at Bard College with Five, March 4, 2007
• Shirin as Described by Kiarostami
• Certifying the Copy: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami
• Kiarostami’s View into Iran’s Future
• A Very, Very, Very Bad Situation
• Communication Is the Most Selfless of All Art Forms
• “The Ideal Me and the Real Me”
• Coda
• Additional Resources
• Index
• About the Editor
• Back Cover