Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami

The Iranian filmmaker and poet who wanted an unfinished cinema, one each viewer completes in their own way.

1940–2016 · Wikipedia · Photo: Mehrzad Boroujerdi, CC BY 4.0

Books

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  1. How do you paint loneliness?

    How do you paint sadness and loneliness with no face and no symbol? From Bruegel’s Icarus to Picasso’s blue and Friedrich’s ship, and why every viewer finishes a painting with their own life.