When:
Friday, October 21, 2016
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: $4.00 for Northwestern University faculty, staff and students with valid WildCARD; students from other schools with valid college/university ID; seniors 60 and older
$6.00 for the general public
Contact:
Justin Lintelman
(847) 467-6045
Group: Block Cinema
Category: Academic
(Nema-ye Nazdik, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990, Iran, 35mm, 97 min.)
Close-Up is a playful yet powerful film about identity and the slippery line between fact and fiction, made by the great Abbas Kiarostami, who died this past July. It tells the story of movie-obsessed Hossain Sabzian, who cons a Tehrani family into believing that he is filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf—promising them involvement in a new film—but is eventually found out. Kiarostami blurs documentary and narrative throughout, filming Sabzian’s actual trial (but still “directing” some of what happens), re-creating early scenes with Sabzian and the Ahankhah family (with everyone playing themselves), and even manufacturing a feel-good ending—which includes one of the most stirring moments in cinema.
Followed by
Do You Know Mr. Kiarostami?
(Shoma Aqa-ye Kiarostami ra Mishenasid, Reza Haeri, 1998, Iran, ?, 30 min.)