Abbas Kiarostami: Five Dedicated to Ozu

7/3/2015—9/13/2015
Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institute, Washinton, DC

From July to September 2015, the Freer|Sackler presents Contemporary Iran through Film, a series of programs highlighting prominent figures in contemporary Iranian art. Presented as a single-screen projection,Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003, 74 minutes) by celebrated director Abbas Kiarostami pays tribute to Yasujirō Ozu, the renowned Japanese filmmaker whose work has deeply influenced Kiarostami's films. Through a characteristic attention to the power of simple mise-en-scene and sound, the inherent drama and subtle humor of nature unfurls before the viewer in five long shots taken near the sea.


http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/current/abbas-kiarostami.asp
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