Kiarostami's form of cinema is evergreen and path breaking!
Abbas Kiarostami is perhaps the most well known artist in terms of the artform, from Iran. His groundbreaking work in the medium has carved its way into the upper echelons of cinematic history and has cemented itself forever as a true mark of audio-visual genius. One of the greatest strengths in the narrative of Abbas Kiarostami’s work is that he constantly breaks expectations from what the accepted view of things are, and presents the viewer with a challenge. All of his works are revolutionary in some regard or the other for the development and progression of cinema as a language and that is the reason for his moniker of a poet on film. His images are not complicated at all or aren’t highly choreographed, but magic lies in the way he holds a shot static in one place and one with character movement conveys a lot of ideas which would have been impossible or even futile to convey in words. This list contains works from Abbas Kiarostami that have been studied the world over for their complex narrative structure and the juxtaposition of image and sound in an ingenious way that has opened up new avenues in the medium. The list will also explore works of Kiarostami that are not as popular as other works but the works mentioned should be studied if one wants to get an idea of cinematic brilliance.
This is the most well-known work of the artist also his breakout film in the international film festival circuit, after this unique work the critics and audiences starting taking a note about him and this particular work really made waves around the culture, the work is a film about a film and mixes documentary and fiction, which is one of the trademarks of Abbas Kiarostami’s style.
Another series of greatest trilogies in the history of the medium it is understated and brilliant situated in the koker valley, the trilogy derives its name from there, and is also a must watch for anyone who is trying their hand in screenplay writing the structure of the nature in each work of the trilogy should be analysed carefully.
