The Minimalist Cinema of Abbas Kiarostami (Video Essay)

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  • Опубліковано 20 жов 2024
  • Edited by Graham Bolllard.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 81

  • @animatedlife5768
    @animatedlife5768 Місяць тому +3

    "For me, art is the experience of what you've felt inside" - Abbas Kiarostami ❤

  • @pshakouri
    @pshakouri 6 років тому +251

    It takes a lot of skill, maturity, talent and intelligence to capture simple life in such an elegant way

    • @Malik-Ibi
      @Malik-Ibi 3 роки тому +1

      Here it is a list of Abbas Kiarostami's filmography:
      ua-cam.com/play/PL3bN3qL-ZFiHgvaKGpPaqH-ZUwCkM3fhC.html

    • @6yuk2op25
      @6yuk2op25 2 роки тому +2

      🙌

    • @custodioguimaraes9981
      @custodioguimaraes9981 Рік тому +2

      It's how the poet breathes the life.

    • @dan32113
      @dan32113 Рік тому +2

      Simplicity is genuis. Michelangelo

  • @syedjafferimam5789
    @syedjafferimam5789 3 роки тому +67

    Iran has terrific storytellers. Abbas Kiarostami is one heck of a talent. Close-up is a very unsung masterpiece of his.

    • @touchmycamerathroughthefen4555
      @touchmycamerathroughthefen4555 2 роки тому

      Any suggestions other than him? Just got into him the other day

    • @MrBorgj
      @MrBorgj Рік тому +4

      @@touchmycamerathroughthefen4555 Jafar Panahi is another master from Iran

    • @custodioguimaraes9981
      @custodioguimaraes9981 Рік тому +3

      @@touchmycamerathroughthefen4555
      Mohsen Makhmalbaf too.

    • @ekanemanthony9433
      @ekanemanthony9433 Рік тому

      @@touchmycamerathroughthefen4555 majid majidi

    • @ellefirogeni4624
      @ellefirogeni4624 Рік тому

      @@touchmycamerathroughthefen4555
      as far as Cinema: only him. What follows, who copy.
      As far as storytelling, several, in traditional nd modern forms.

  • @mouradmhm3244
    @mouradmhm3244 7 місяців тому +5

    Abbas Kiarostami's films resonate with me in a way that transcends verbal expression; they are therapeutic to me, especially during difficult times. They hold a deeply personal significance, evoking a profound sense of exposure and understanding, as if my innermost self is being laid bare and comprehended.

  • @martinskanal
    @martinskanal 6 років тому +92

    I don't have heros, but I´ll make an exception for Kiarostami.
    1:42 this scene: the framing, the lighting, angle of view (camera), the directions given to make this scene, the eyes of the boy, the editing - it is perfection.

    • @pshakouri
      @pshakouri 6 років тому

      martinskanal what a wonderfully lovely and intelligent observation!

    • @BrutalTurtle
      @BrutalTurtle 5 років тому

      What film is that? at 1:42

    • @kolahghermezi1037
      @kolahghermezi1037 5 років тому

      @@BrutalTurtle If you refer to the soldier scene, it is Taste of Cherry, the one that won Abass lots of awards

    • @anneshasaha5334
      @anneshasaha5334 4 роки тому

      @@BrutalTurtle the film is The Wind Will Carry Us

    • @anneshasaha5334
      @anneshasaha5334 4 роки тому +4

      How can someone elicit such performances out of their actors? Powerful yet subtle.

  • @jakobkristensen9445
    @jakobkristensen9445 7 років тому +59

    One of the Finest Films Ever Made!! From a young Danish Cinema Lover!

    • @martinskanal
      @martinskanal 6 років тому +3

      (Clips from several of Kiarostami´s movies put together, for those who wonder. Every one of his movies are worth watching more than once)

    • @jakobkristensen9445
      @jakobkristensen9445 6 років тому +2

      I know! I just saw the cover-picture of Nema-ye Nazdik (1990) and commented before I saw the video. He has made a lot of great films, but to me Nema-ye Nazdik is way way better than all his other films. I actually think Nema-ye Nazdik is one of the greatest films ever by any director.

    • @martinskanal
      @martinskanal 6 років тому +9

      I agree. I am in great awe of this artist.. to bad there will be no more movies from him. The first movie I saw was Close-Up. I rented it at the library in a small Norwegian town back in the ´90´s on VHS.. it was just an impulse, I noticed the liner notes had an recommendation by Quentin Tarantino. I knew perfectly nothing about Iranian movies and the rest of the liner notes were obscured by the library sticker. It was a shocking experience. I remember I rewinded the movie and saw it again twice! 3 times in one night. It is still my all time favorite movie - all though I love all his movies..

    • @kafkascat2736
      @kafkascat2736 5 років тому +1

      @@martinskanal it's in my heart

    • @Malik-Ibi
      @Malik-Ibi 5 років тому

      List of Kiarostami films:
      ua-cam.com/play/PL3bN3qL-ZFiHgvaKGpPaqH-ZUwCkM3fhC.html

  • @ronyislam1425
    @ronyislam1425 Рік тому +8

    This is one of the Greatest video I have seen. Whoever Edited it, Thank YOU.
    I love the bgm too ❤❤❤

  • @qendrimsyla6495
    @qendrimsyla6495 6 років тому +18

    This is so beautifully crafted. Came here from Confessions of a Cinephile

  • @maimohamed3590
    @maimohamed3590 5 років тому +14

    I always watched his movies and loved it and I don't know why, now I know as a minimalism lover , so cozy to watch , thank you✨👌😊

  • @roxanne4820
    @roxanne4820 6 років тому +68

    this is a beautiful video, great editing. Also what is the piano music in the background?
    edit: i found the song it is "we move lightly" by dustin o halloran if anyone else was wondering

    • @aslit5314
      @aslit5314 4 роки тому +2

      thank you

    • @adityachaurasia2532
      @adityachaurasia2532 4 роки тому +1

      Thanks.
      And a Pro Tip if you ever want to know the music in the youtube videos. UA-cam itself monetized that video for that music and You can find that on "Show more" .

    • @krishnendu_no_signal
      @krishnendu_no_signal 2 роки тому +1

      Thank you so much 💝

  • @magicknight13
    @magicknight13 Рік тому +4

    His movies are so amazing I love them and they encapsulate life and the human experience

  • @marcielleb
    @marcielleb 7 років тому +44

    It's lovely to see Iran when it is not being bombed - to get a glimpse of it real life. It touches my heart.

    • @kostajovanovic3711
      @kostajovanovic3711 6 років тому +32

      You confused Iraq with Iran

    • @marziyafatima242
      @marziyafatima242 6 років тому +6

      Marcielle Brandler get your facts straight lmao

    • @daryans1630
      @daryans1630 6 років тому +13

      This is what’s wrong with people like you ignorant fools.. because it’s in the Middle East you assume that it’s getting bombed..

    • @louiseaz7717
      @louiseaz7717 3 роки тому +3

      Who said to you iran is getting bombed? :))

  • @sabilalmuhtadin717
    @sabilalmuhtadin717 4 роки тому +6

    One of my best and favorite director in my life

  • @monikamylonopoyloy6223
    @monikamylonopoyloy6223 3 роки тому +6

    This was too ugly a world to be blessed with his presence for any longer... Terribly missed

  • @berengerdietiker22
    @berengerdietiker22 4 дні тому

    If this Abbas Kiarostami was a minimalist filmmaker, it's no wonder I've never heard of him.

  • @skooter6235
    @skooter6235 4 роки тому +13

    I wonder how many Iranians are familiar with Abbas’ films

    • @mahboubehmostashregh5857
      @mahboubehmostashregh5857 4 роки тому +2

      A lot of us 😊

    • @kiyanahmadian498
      @kiyanahmadian498 4 роки тому +2

      You're right, there is a lot of junk productions that draw the most commercial attention towards themselves every year (like any other country), hence it's logical to deduce Kiarostami's works may not be as known as they deserve to be, which is correct. Also not only his movies are minimalistic, his approach to making his movies is "minimalistic" too, meaning he does not work for the potential monetary benefit and rather pursues what moves him internally.

    • @hamidrezash2758
      @hamidrezash2758 4 роки тому +1

      not too many

  • @magicknight13
    @magicknight13 Рік тому +1

    Well edited video and I like the added music! Thank you for the upload!

  • @jaskipzracy6096
    @jaskipzracy6096 Рік тому +6

    Horror movies don't scare me , it's these kind of movies, movies like close-up is what I'm scared of watching, its so difficult to watch them because I can feel again, it gives my heart feeling, feeling that I don't want to feel and it hurts my chest all the time

    • @magicknight13
      @magicknight13 Рік тому +1

      Well said and I know exactly what you mean

    • @magicknight13
      @magicknight13 Рік тому +1

      It hurts to be vulnerable

    • @nasalmostthere1337
      @nasalmostthere1337 Рік тому

      Do you have any social media accounts so that i can follow you🙂

  • @marcielleb
    @marcielleb 7 років тому +6

    A "counter metaphysics." Brilliant comment.

  • @sheeshacreation5406
    @sheeshacreation5406 6 років тому +4

    About Master...Love...nothing else❤❤❤

  • @LaboratoriAudiovisualBBAA
    @LaboratoriAudiovisualBBAA 7 років тому +6

    Thanks for this work. Let me add it to my list about Audiovisual Language as an example of framing and representantion of the space.

  • @HarishPillay
    @HarishPillay 8 років тому +10

    Thanks for the post.

  • @TakashiKawase
    @TakashiKawase 7 років тому +6

    Anytime pray for world, try making peaceful world with you.

  • @shamsmohajerani4636
    @shamsmohajerani4636 4 роки тому +4

    fantastic, thank you!!

  • @Lonsoo
    @Lonsoo 4 роки тому +4

    King

  • @nusratfatima4953
    @nusratfatima4953 Місяць тому

    Wonderfully explained ❤...

  • @candidkafka6537
    @candidkafka6537 3 роки тому

    I'm the 300th subscriber !! ☺️

  • @scottfoster3643
    @scottfoster3643 Рік тому +2

    for fuks sake, if there was a threads width of justice this would be the standard by which all cinema is judged

  • @anjunarayanan5739
    @anjunarayanan5739 Рік тому +1

    ❤✨️

  • @IsabellaMarzano
    @IsabellaMarzano 7 років тому +2

    What is the name of the song?

    • @balouchma
      @balouchma 7 років тому +1

      We move lightly

    • @balouchma
      @balouchma 7 років тому +1

      Dustin O'Halloran - We move lightly

  • @مرتضیرضائی-ح4س
    @مرتضیرضائی-ح4س 3 роки тому +2

    ❤❤❤🇮🇷عباس کیارستمی

  • @shaijucsamuel
    @shaijucsamuel Рік тому

    Film Name Please...

  • @lisajansen7809
    @lisajansen7809 3 роки тому

    What’s the film called pls?

  • @creativewriter3672
    @creativewriter3672 6 років тому +1

    Dustin Hoffman

  • @iranfilms.tehran2533
    @iranfilms.tehran2533 4 роки тому

    Background music please turn off

  • @oscarsalesgirl296
    @oscarsalesgirl296 3 роки тому +1

    The funny thing is The Bourne Identity probably has more beautifully framed shots than all of Kiarostami's films combined XD

    • @xiioh6788
      @xiioh6788 3 роки тому

      Wym?

    • @GustavoHenrique-um2tj
      @GustavoHenrique-um2tj 2 роки тому +5

      It's not hard to achieve beautiful aestetics, every dumb nowadays can move a camera and take amazing but empty shots

    • @dan32113
      @dan32113 Рік тому +1

      Abbas was a mystic poet.