Category Archives: Abbas Kiarostami
So much for my big idea
“It’s said that in the beginning was the word, but for me the beginning is always an image.”
Filed under Abbas Kiarostami, art, film, Iranian films, writing
Shirin
When I wrote about the pernicious fascination of images and the Islamic suspicion of them and how that might perhaps have influenced some Iranian films, I hadn’t been to see Shirin: a whole film that rests on denying the image. … Continue reading
Filed under Abbas Kiarostami, Andy Warhol, film, Iranian films, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Tim Etchells
