Tag: Abbas Kiarostami
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Shirin Is a Painful Watch
Shirin is a painful watch. There’s no secret to that, and anyone who tells you otherwise is probably bullshitting you. The last film in the great Iranian director’s experimental phase, Abbas Kiarostami’s Shirin has no characters, no camera movement, no shot variety, and arguably no plot. Some might say it doesn’t even have a point. So, what is…
The Transcendent Cinema 