ABBAS KIAROSTAMI COLLECTION [6 FILMS - 7DVDS]

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Genre: Art House

ZIRE DARAKHATAN ZEYTON (THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES / AU TRAVERS DES OLIVIERS) - 1994

This Iranian movie about making movies wavers between a documentary and a fictional drama. It is the third in director Abbas Kiarostami's cycle of films that include Where Is My Friend's Home? and And Life Goes On. Like the others, this film is also set in northern Iran. An actor playing the director, tells the audience that he will be the only professional actor in the film.

The Director selects a young woman, Tahereh, who was recently orphaned in the last earthquake to play the heroine. Mrs. Shivas, the non-nonsense assistant director keeps the actors on task and focused. She is especially picky about the appearance of Tahereh. Mrs. Shiva is assigned to prepare crew member Hossein to play the new hero. Trouble ensues because Tahereh has recently rejected Hossein's advances because he is poor and illiterate.

She refuses to speak to him on camera or off. Hossein talks to the Director who subsequently changes the story; the two are now married. Hossein is a naturally gifted actor, but Tahereh cannot distinguish her role from reality and refuses to speak her lines. The Director changes the story again.

DVD FEATURES

Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version

Persian Audio

Optional French subtitles only

Interview with Abbas Kiarostami (French subtitles only)

A TASTE OF CHERRY (TA'M E GUILASS / LE GOÛT DE LA CERISE) - 1997

Winner of the Palm d’Or at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami’s film is a philosophical tale of a man so tired of life that he wants to commit suicide. Cruising the outskirts of Tehran, Mr Badii (Homayon Ershadi) unsuccessfully searches for an accomplice who is willing to bury him after his death, until he finally strikes a bargain with a museum guard. But before the guard agrees to do the deed, he wants to know why Mr Badii wants so desperately to die and dispense with the joys of nature, such as the taste of cherries.

Internationally celebrated as one of the most important directors at work today, Kiarostami’s road movie is a tale of self-discovery and an unexpected affirmation of the very things that make life worth living.

DVD FEATURES

Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version

Farsi audio

Optional French subtitles only

Making of (French subtitles only)

THE WIND WILL CARRY US (LE BAD MA RA KHAHAD BORD / LE VENT NOUS EMPORTERA) - 1999

A filmmaker from Tehran travels to a remote mountain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. Upon arrival, his crew is met by Farzad, a young boy from the town who at first becomes their guide but ultimately becomes their informant on the fate of the old woman.

Convincing the locals that they are archaeologists looking for buried treasure, the filmmaker attempts to befriend them with mixed results. As the rustling wind, golden light and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on and the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient.

Evocative and haunting, The Wind Will Carry Us is constructed with Kiarostami's trademark soulful serenity, creating an extraordinary beautiful and moving film.

DVD FEATURES

Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version

Farsi audio

Optional English & French subtitles

Making of (French subtitles only)

"A Lesson In Cinema - The Wind Will Carry Us" - Interview with Abbas Kiarostami (Optional English and French subtitles)

"A Week with Kiarostami" Documentary (Optional English and French subtitles)

ABC AFRICA - 2001

Over the course of a ten-day visit to Uganda, Abbas Kiarostami uses his camera to capture and caress the faces of a thousand orphans.

Although a documentary about the ravages of AIDS and civil war in Uganda may seem at first like a radical departure, one of the most remarkable things about ABC Africa is the way that Iran's most celebrated auteur makes such unlikely material very much his own. In true Kiarostami style, an impressionistic, deceptively simple record of a journey becomes the film itself.

This striking visual poem is full of echoes from his oeuvre: the hypnotic tracking shots from car windows, the dirt-road villages, the majestic landscapes and, above all, the emphasis on the resilience and resourcefulness of children.

Alternately heartbreaking and optimistic, ABC Africa records a people struggling to survive. Filled with laughter and music, and pulsing with life, Kiarostami's vision attests to Africa's sunny spirit in the face of so much adversity.

DVD FEATURES

Fullframe Version

English / Farsi audio

Optional French subtitles only (No English subtitles for sections of the film not in English audio)

"Après la guerre" Documentary (In English with optional French subtitles)

"ABC Africa" Documentary (In English with optional French subtitles)

TEN (2002)

Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami uses the casual setting of one woman's automobile as the setting for a subtle but potent look at gender issues in the Middle East. Mania Akbari plays a nameless woman who, over the course of several days, gives a number of friends, family members, and acquaintances a ride in her car across town, among them her young son who is still upset over his parent's recent divorce; her sister; a close friend who has just been abandoned by her boyfriend; an older woman on her way to a worship service; another friend soon to be married; and a veteran streetwalker.

As the woman and her passengers ride through Tehran, their conversations cast a light on her views of herself, as well as the ways other women view themselves and the larger world around them. Director Kiarostami shot Ten using two small digital video cameras, one of which was mounted on the car's dashboard, the other in a fixed position in the back seat, using this purposefully stark approach to keep the focus on the characters and their ideas.

DVD FEATURES

Fullframe Version

Persian Audio

English and French subtitles

TEN ON 10 (2004)

An extraordinary cinema masterclass that proffers ten fascinating lessons on filmmaking by one of the world's influential directors. With a single camera fixed inside a car, Kiarostami drives across the hills surrounding Teheran – the setting for Taste of Cherry – and imparts a series of fascinating insights into his method of filmmaking including scripting, casting, and the tremendous liberating impact of digital photography. Illustrated with clips from Taste of Cherry, ABC Africa and Ten, 10 on Ten will take you on an illuminating and inspirational journey to the heart of the creative process.

DVD FEATURES

Fullframe Version

Persian Audio with Optional English and French voice-over

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI COLLECTION [6 FILMS - 7DVDS]

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ABBAS KIAROSTAMI COLLECTION [6 FILMS - 7DVDS][6450]Stock Status: In Stock

$79.95

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI COLLECTION [6 FILMS - 7DVDS]

[6450]

Stock Status: In Stock