Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema

Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema

This article argues that Abbas Kiarostami uses documentaries and fiction films to examine the distinction between reality and fiction. Through the use of an arthouse style of filmmaking, the insertion of a surrogate director into the narrative and a recurring breakdown in technology, Kiarostami demo...

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Main Author: James Blake Ewing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2014-04-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
Subjects:
Documentary, Reality, Cinema, Abbas Kiarostami, Fiction, Close-Up
Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/77
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spelling doaj-62d23dc4a39e4ea791db3521b6e87f652020-11-25T01:25:07ZengUniversity of PittsburghCINEJ Cinema Journal2159-24112158-87242014-04-0131284610.5195/cinej.2013.7759Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of CinemaJames Blake Ewing0Graduated from Baylor University with a MA in Communication StudiesThis article argues that Abbas Kiarostami uses documentaries and fiction films to examine the distinction between reality and fiction. Through the use of an arthouse style of filmmaking, the insertion of a surrogate director into the narrative and a recurring breakdown in technology, Kiarostami demonstrates that film’s ability to capture reality is a flawed, sometimes broken, endeavor.http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/77Documentary, Reality, Cinema, Abbas Kiarostami, Fiction, Close-Up
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CINEJ Cinema Journal
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title Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema
title_short Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema
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title_full_unstemmed Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema
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publisher University of Pittsburgh
series CINEJ Cinema Journal
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2158-8724
publishDate 2014-04-01
description This article argues that Abbas Kiarostami uses documentaries and fiction films to examine the distinction between reality and fiction. Through the use of an arthouse style of filmmaking, the insertion of a surrogate director into the narrative and a recurring breakdown in technology, Kiarostami demonstrates that film’s ability to capture reality is a flawed, sometimes broken, endeavor.
topic Documentary, Reality, Cinema, Abbas Kiarostami, Fiction, Close-Up
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