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Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Cast: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno
Directing: Kiarosatmi always delivers top flight pacing and sets great atmosphere.
Plot: Very unique story line centers around a call girl with unorthodox relationships. Has the usual Kiarostami ambiguity.
Visuals: Nothing to write home about, but Kiarostami does frame his shots very nicely. The scenes in cars are my favorites.
Script: This is where Kiarostami excels and why I have grown to love him in the five films I have seen. His dialogue is so ambiguous it would surely drive me crazy in lesser hands. Kiarostami's writing is perfect however and what sets him apart.
Acting: Like the visuals, nothing to gush over but also nothing to distract.
What I dislike: Kiarostami reminds me of Haneke in that his films are great but his writing and story telling style is such that I never fall in love with the characters.
What I like: Flawless dialogue centered around a great story line. Kiarostami's patented ambiguous ending will keep you thinking about the film for days. Almost certain to be in my 2013 top ten. I am anxious to see it again already.
[/center]Cast: Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno
Directing: Kiarosatmi always delivers top flight pacing and sets great atmosphere.
Plot: Very unique story line centers around a call girl with unorthodox relationships. Has the usual Kiarostami ambiguity.
Visuals: Nothing to write home about, but Kiarostami does frame his shots very nicely. The scenes in cars are my favorites.
Script: This is where Kiarostami excels and why I have grown to love him in the five films I have seen. His dialogue is so ambiguous it would surely drive me crazy in lesser hands. Kiarostami's writing is perfect however and what sets him apart.
Acting: Like the visuals, nothing to gush over but also nothing to distract.
What I dislike: Kiarostami reminds me of Haneke in that his films are great but his writing and story telling style is such that I never fall in love with the characters.
What I like: Flawless dialogue centered around a great story line. Kiarostami's patented ambiguous ending will keep you thinking about the film for days. Almost certain to be in my 2013 top ten. I am anxious to see it again already.