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Close-Up Reviews

  • Maeve 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    presence and value

    I think of the three movies I watched recently, "The Barber", "A Childhood in the South", and yesterday's "Close-Up", all of which used real characters in real life to interpret the real events that happened to them, presenting a similar The feeling of a documentary makes the whole film more real...

  • Deontae 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Written can not be wasted!

    Based on true events, the film tells the story of an unemployed young man, Sabqian, in pursuit of his movie dream, who calls himself a famous director Mak Marbaf from an upper-class Iranian family, uses his trust to borrow money from him and tries to shoot a movie at their home , was eventually...

  • Maxie 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    "Close-Up": Clear Reality, Fuzzy Dream

    Text / World Fleeting Thematically, watching this movie has a big impact on me, and it can resonate at once, because Sabzien and I are both movie fans and are crazy about movies, so most of the time was wasted and It is not understood, and it is often regarded as a plaything. It's normal to look at...

  • Andy 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Can't write short reviews

    In a lengthy autobiography, the "criminal" mentions his love of cinema and art, and then explains why he's impersonating director Mark Mabav: to gain respect, kindness, and even power.

    "Understanding social suffering, capturing its ills, dealing with social class problems... A director should be...

  • Dee 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    About "Close Up"

    The deepest impression of Abbas before watching it is Godard's evaluation: the movie ends with Abbas. After reading this "Close-Up", which according to my friends is the most satisfactory to Abbas, I have to admire Godard's accuracy of generalization. Most of the so-called films that break fiction...

  • Mckenna 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    An unpretentious love letter to a movie from a fan

    As the presiding judge said, this is a small case of attempted fraud, and there is nothing to shoot. Just a little involvement of the accused with the film piqued the director's interest, which in turn satisfied the audience's curiosity.

    From the beginning to the end, I can't feel the sense of trial...

  • Kimberly 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Confession and forgiveness: the true and false identities of life itself

    This is a "virtual room combination" film that mixes documentary and plot reality. An unemployed painter, Jose Sabzian, posing as well-known director Hessin Makmalbaf, is arrested and arrested by journalist Farazman. Germany as the subject of much coverage. True to the title of the film, the long...

  • Michele 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    weight of gaze

    Movies are the art of watching. If the narrative of the theme itself depends not only on the story, but on the unification of the form and the story of the movie, then we would say that this is a really good movie. Come to think of it, the movie is called "Close-Up", which cannot be. It is...

  • Mikel 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Consumption and Production of Simulacrum

    Before watching this film, I have read the relevant background knowledge and surrounding (a recorded interview after Sabzian). Sabzian belongs to the ordinary class of Iran and has received basic education. His biggest characteristic is that he is obsessed with movies. Let’s talk about Iran again....

  • Xzavier 2022-03-17 08:01:01

    Abbas wrote the simple image language of the human mind

    Jean-Luc Godard once said: "The film begins with Griffith and ends with Abbas Chiarusdami." Few contemporary directors can use the most simple lenses and pictures like Abbas. It expresses the most primitive aspects of human nature and life; and there are very few directors who have their own unique...