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Close-up = Nema-ye nazdik

Call Number

  • DVD FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

DVD ed. ; Special ed. ; Full screen version.

Languages

In Persian with optional subtitles in English.

Performers

The traveler: Masud Zandbegleh, Hassan Darabi, Mostafa Tari, Hassan Arab. "Close-up" long shot: Hossein Sabzian, Fatemeh Sabzian, Nemat Ebadi, residents of the village of Yabr. Abbas Kiarostami: interviewer, Tarik Benbrahim. A walk with Kiarostami: interviewer, Jamsheed Akrami.

Publication Information

[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2010]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (98 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p. : col. ill ; 19 cm.)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Close-Up is the true story of Hossain Sabzian, a poor, underemployed, divorced, father of two. He 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 purpose of film, forces audiences to contemplate the basic experience of moviegoing, and in the process redefined how Iranian cinema saw itself.

Notes

Originally produced as an Iranian motion picture in 1990.

Accompanying booklet includes essay by film critic Godfrey Cheshire.

Contents

  • 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 traveler
  • "Close-up" long shot / Abbas Kiarostami / walk with Kiarostami

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