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Constantin 2022-03-22 09:03:00

It's called "Close Up". Abbas, I pushed a "The Taste of Cherry" before, as the film terminator, he is deeply loved by the film director. Diversified lens language and story expression make it difficult for you to label him with the characteristics of his films. In short, he does not pay much attention to a certain technical means or any genre. The most interesting thing about this piece is the motivation and purpose of the selection. Motivation is the cause, and purpose is the result. As I just said, Abbas doesn't take labels seriously. The "reason" of the film makes the "process" a natural documentary, but he must break the tradition of documentaries and add himself and his own subjective judgment. This part of the film will really make people want to laugh. Let's talk about the results. The purpose of this film is very strong and obvious. The discussion of class and reality begins with Abbas' "Roar". Looking back, the selection and purpose of "Close-Up", and even the story behind the film, all blended together to form this classic masterpiece. Picture-in-picture and virtual and real have also become Abbas's ingenious shooting and expression techniques.

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  • Lupe 2022-03-23 09:03:30

    The best thing about Abbas's film is that it makes it hard to tell whether it is a documentary or a feature film. This is "truth". "Xili" from Iran is reluctant to play himself in a single thought. He feels that it is better to play a famous director and can give him more confidence. If you want to make a movie, you need to do a full set, and you don't know "close-up", so you want to take the role of a famous director to make a movie. If you want to be a director, you just become an actor. The result can only be seen through, repented, and forgiven. In the end, it is very poetic to ride with the real body and hold flowers, which is the poetry of returning to myself.

  • Einar 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Five stars after watching it for fifteen minutes. Godard, who previously translated for the official account, mentioned in an interview that "reality records and dramas become one when they reach the highest level. Through the reality records, the film will form the structure of the drama; through the imagination and fiction of the drama, it will reach the the reality of life". "Close-Up" is Godard's "highest level" film. In addition to form and structure, it also has moving moments.