Abbas's cinematic grammar often hedges against the suffering of life with its peculiar form and stylistic timelessness. In "Close-Up", Sabakian, the vicissitudes of life man who was struggling at the bottom, confessed all his cheating experiences in court. These testimony in court were not only the burden of his own crime of cheating, but also more It is a cry to Allah and the Judge who are the embodiment of mercy and justice. The never-ending bitterness of life lingers into the negatives of Sabaccian's life, as he recounts his humble job, his unhappy marriage, and his experience of impersonating director Mark Malbaf for a good meal. The elements all end up in a pot of red flowers at the end of the movie. It ends with a pot of flowers sent to the deceived family, like a bright light, warming the underlying world revealed by the main part of the film, comparing the darkness and suffering, and calling out the tenderness in the hearts of the viewers. .
What is even more peculiar is the conception and filming method of "Close-Up". Abbas participated in the film in the form of on-site recording and on-site investigation, which became the story driving force of the whole film, thus generating the film's full documentary and fidelity. . In the courtroom, director Abbas explained to Sabakian the camera setup, as well as the motives of questioning Sabakian to pretend to be director Mark Malbaf during the trial, including the soundtrack during the follow-up filming of the last scene. Invalidation, etc., the application of these documentary and recording methods, in addition to the director's rebellion against conventional film shooting, is a kind of behavior that rejects kitsch and sensationalism at a deeper level. As a director with wisdom and soul, sensational, sensational, Kitsch is an expression of weakness and anti-ethics. A great director should learn the art of simplicity. He must carefully cut the connection between himself and the audience with sensationalism and kitsch. According to Abbas, what he did was to "reduce the emotions of the audience".
"Reducing the emotions of the audience" does not mean to resolve the suffering, and the suffering of life cannot be resolved in the hands of the director. In the story of Abbas, everything does not have a happy ending in a happy way, but can only be more authentic to touch the flow of life and suffering...
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