Close-up = Klūz āp, numā-yi nazdīk Nema-ye nazdik / Close-up
DVD - 2010
Close-up: The true story of Hossain Sabzian, a poor, underemployed, divorced, father of two who is obsessed with the cinema. In 1989, Sabzian convinced the Ahankhah family that he was Iranian filmmaker Moshen Makhmalbaf (The Silence) and that he would cast them in his next film. Eventually, the family caught on to the ruse and contacted the authorities, leading to Sabzian's arrest. A journalist wrote a column about the incident that Kiarostami read. The director quickly put together a crew and set about to film the trial as well as restage previous events, but with a twist: Sabzian, the Ahankhahs, and the others involved played themselves. Thus, the film is an amalgamation of documentary and drama that questions the very nature and pur...pose of film, forces audiences to contemplate the basic experience of moviegoing, and in the process redefined how Iranian cinema saw itself.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
Cinéma vérité films
Historical reenactments (Motion pictures)
Documentary-style films
Documentary films
Fiction films
Foreign films
Film adaptations
Interviews
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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[Irvington, NY] :
Criterion Collection
[2010]
- Language
- Persian
English - Corporate Authors
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- Edition
- Special editon double-DVD set
- Item Description
- Originally produced as an Iranian motion picture in 1990.
Close-Up: Based on a true story and the journal article in Sorush magazine "Bogus Makhmalbaf Arrested" by Hossain Farazmand.
Traveler: Based on a story by Hassan Rafi'i. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; Region 1, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.; full screen presentation, aspect ratio 1.33:1.
- Production Credits
- Close-up: Cinematography, Ali Reza Zarrindast ; editor, Abbas Kiarostami.
The traveler: Cinematography, Firuz Malekzadeh ; music, Kambiz Roshanravan.
Close-up long shot: Cinematography, Farzin Khosrowshahi ; editor, Nasrollah Sheibani ; music, Shahrokh Khadjenouri.
Abbas Kiarostami: Editors, Anne Alvergue, Chris Ramey ; camera, Aziz El-Attar.
A walk with Kiarostami: Editor, Jamsheed Akrami ; camera, Donal Gilligan. - ISBN
- 9781604652819
- Disc one. Close-up: Driving to Lavizan
- Outside the Ahankhah house
- Credits
- Captain Bashiri
- Mr. Ahankhah and family
- Jailhouse visit
- "Scene 1, shot 1, law courts, Nov. 9"
- Meeting on the bus
- Trial, continued
- Mr. Mohseni
- Journalist arrives
- "Is this your first offense?"
- Sabzian's mother
- Release
- Color bars Special features: Commentary by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum [audio feature]
- The traveler / screenplay by Abbas Kiarostami ; directed by Abbas Kiarostami ; Kanoon--Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (b & w) (1974) (83 min.).
- Disc two, Special features: "Close-up" long shot / Play Film presents ; written and directed by Moslem Mansouri and Mahmoud Chokrollahi ; produced by Mahmoud Chokrollahi (1996) (44 min.)
- Abbas Kiarostami / producer, Issa Clubb (2010) (28 min.)
- A walk with Kiarostami / produced, directed by Jamsheed Akrami (2003) (32 min.).
