Modern Movie Theory: Sharing Parts in Kiarostami's Close-Up (Preview)

Money on the Left

English - February 04, 2021 18:00 - 9 minutes - 6.66 MB - ★★★★ - 63 ratings
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This Money on the Left/Superstructure teaser previews our third premium release, a one-off lecture from Scott Ferguson on Abbas Kiarostami's Close Up (1990) for Patreon subscribers.

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Course Description:

In this lecture, professor Scott Ferguson explores a reparative cinematic approach to social alienation and unemployment in the film Close Up (1990) by the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami.