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longstreth

5May12

Shirin blurs the line between reality and cinema as only Kiarostami can do.

kelvanE

7Mar12

Filming through only reactions. I found it excellent.

oldeuboi

16Jan12

A very daring cinema. Kiarostami proves he's simply among the best.

sandwiches

19Nov11

Contains all of the cinema. One wonders if Kiarostami hasn't taken the medium as far as it can go.

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Bleu Poster

20Dec11

When I read this before seeing it, I had an impulse to type an angry rebuttal. Now that I have experienced it, I'm not so sure if your words were hyperbolic.
rado

23Dec11

Yes, he's been doing it all the time. "Taste of Cherry", "10", "Certified Copy" and especially "Close-up" are all fully accomplished experiments that push the boundaries of cinema.

Allan

11Feb11

Go to a Cinema and for 90 minutes turn and face the projector. Does that sound good?

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Dermo

10Jul11

Actually, yes it does!
Bleu Poster

18Dec11

Of course! Have the filmic photons enter directly into our retinas sans the medium of the screen.
rado

23Dec11

You can either watch a "normal" film and enjoy a great story or watch "Shirin" and enjoy a great story while getting much more out of the experience. This was kind of his point.

i thought this was very fascinating. no masterpiece. but as a piece which connects direct to the audience it works perfectly, it is pure cinema. and its so ironic that the film they are watching does not exist, and there was no cinema involved only the house of the director. and that all the women are actresses. but thats all part of the premise. i love how kiarostami takes his cinema to this logical point.

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Andrei Rus

14Aug10

Best Kiarostami of the past years

Matt Parks

9Jun10

Forthcoming on R1 DVD from the Cinema Guild, apparently (according to Jonathan Rosenbaum) to include "Roads of Kiarostami" as a bonus feature.

Dermo

15Apr10

Found this to be a very rewarding if somewhat odd experience. The best way I could describe this is "observing the observers observe". By employing the story of a famous Iranian woman and presenting it to contemporary Iranian women (all wearing a hajib) Kiarostami illustrates the both the restrictions on women in that society and the very great potential each and every one holds.

Edwin N

12Apr10

I happen to have studied the Persan Fable about Shirin and Khosroh in Arabic class last year (9th Grade studies about outside factors contributing to the Arab Intellectual Revolution in 678). I find it not that interesting, and not that passionate about the showing of these females' sacrifices. So this is my problem with the film. Why not capture a film session with a more shocking, more interpelling representation?