joaomarco2003

Close-Up

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Close-Up

This is a METAFILM in purest form, that also is an example of how transparent is the parallel between fiction and reality, that leaves with a greatest message: "A director must have humility". This is my first contact to Kiarostami's filmography and i love it already.

kit

Close-Up

What are you doing now? I‘m speaking of my suffering. That’s not acting. I‘m speaking from the heart. For me, art is the extension of what you feel inside. Tolstoy said: "Art is a sentimental experience that the artist develops in himself and shares with others." I think that my experiences of hardship and suffering can give me the grounding I need to be a good actor. That’s why I act well and I express my inner reality. life imitates art, art imitates life, life imitates life. where cinema is an extension of ourselves, when do we end and when does it start? the line may be cut clean at the seams of a screen but how much is truly ours once the credits roll? somehow, in such a minimalistic yet profound way, Close-Up made me question just how much movies impact us, impact me. its not like it wasnt clear before but this felt like a "close-up" shot dissecting the concept of viewing, to see and be seen. just like kiarostami merges facts and fiction here, i found myself sitting there with my heart in my hand, taking on sabzians name like he took on makhmalbafs. an invitation to not only watch but slip into the frame, pressing against the screen of his longing, wondering who do i want to be and who am i when no one is directing? movies have that kind of skill to let fiction become the truest thing you've ever felt, over and over again. theres nothing more beautiful in life than art and im grateful to be alive to experience it.

Codeliusthe2nd

Close-Up

Simply put, Close-Up is a stunning achievement. Blending the storytelling of a narrative film with documentary subjects, this film shows just how smart, and powerful, film as a medium can be. I’m in awe of this film, and can’t believe it took me this long to finally watch it (as it is one of the Criterion Collection films that I’ve had a copy of for the longest, burt haven’t watched yet).