Close-Up

Close-Up
by Abbas Kiarostami

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Actor: Abolfazl Ahankhah, Haj Ali Reza Ahmadi, Mahrokh Ahankhah, Mehrdad Ahankhah, Monoochehr Ahankhah
Director: Abbas Kiarostami
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Farsi (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Running Time: 100 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Facets

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Movie Review: Humane
Summary: 4 Stars

Like other movies by this director, Close-Up moves slowly but somehow develops a quiet momentum that continues after the screen goes dark. I think this is partly due to Kiarostami's sincerity. He feels a genuine interest and affection for his characters, and his movies can give you a powerful sense that yes, their lives are really like that, revealed in repetitions and small struggles.

The New Yorker excerpt quoted above suggests that Close-Up contains a protest against religious authority in Iran. I don't see this as a main theme. There may be some subtle reading on which post revolutionary Iranian society is criticized, but the Islamic judge in the trial appears as a fair minded man and not in the least a zealot. He helps bring about a satisfying resolution. Of all the characters it's the journalist who comes off looking most like a shabby opportunist.

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Studio: Facets Multimedia Release Date: 02/19/2002 Run time: 100 minutes

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