In the book 'Men at work', (written by one of the students of Kiarostami's various workshops) we get a complete different story behind the making of Five, where he claimed that he put a small explosive inside the wood, so that he can control the reality. I doubt, which version is true - both of this is uttered by Kiarostami himself. Personally I think, Kiarostami performed here in front of camera and audio recorder, where he knew this interview of him will be famous, so he insisted on the philosophical part of the film. While in the workshop, he rather explained the basic technical ways of achieving this filmed reality. So to me, both of the story is true - one is the reality of construction, another is the reality of complete artwork.
Not only the briliant films he is a teacher of genius. Wonderful.
In the book 'Men at work', (written by one of the students of Kiarostami's various workshops) we get a complete different story behind the making of Five, where he claimed that he put a small explosive inside the wood, so that he can control the reality. I doubt, which version is true - both of this is uttered by Kiarostami himself.
Personally I think, Kiarostami performed here in front of camera and audio recorder, where he knew this interview of him will be famous, so he insisted on the philosophical part of the film. While in the workshop, he rather explained the basic technical ways of achieving this filmed reality. So to me, both of the story is true - one is the reality of construction, another is the reality of complete artwork.
My favorite philosopher of all time
Making of 5 is available as an extra material in the FIVE DVD
What a great artist he was.
Radical stuff. Always liked Kiarostami and his ideas...films like his are inconceivable in the US, besides being largely utterly incomprehensible --
Very interesting.
Great job.
The two most amazing pieces of pure cinema I've ever seen are Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Kiarostami's Five. They just reinvent film grammar.
@cineasta71 Precisely.
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Genius .