Five

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Product Description FIVE A film by Abbas Kiarostami Five cannot fail to add to Abbas Kiarostami's reputation as one of the most consistently innovative and visually talented filmmakers in the world. This is a richly poetic, radically minimalist film, featuring five extended sequences: a piece of driftwood is tossed and broken by the waves; people stroll along the promenade; a group of dogs gather at the water's edge; ducks move noisily across the frame from one side to the other; and a pool of water is shot at night, with the sounds of a storm and frogs croaking breaking the stillness.The sequences are considerably more than pretty pictures or documentary record carefully constructed and manipulated, with a soundtrack meticulously assembled as a symphony of natural noise, together they comprise an abstract narrative arc, which moves evocatively from solitude to community, motion to rest, and near silence to sound and song.Ending on a note of rebirth and regeneration, Five's; choreographed action and inaction encourages and enables the viewer to engage with the film in an unusually active way. A sublimely beautiful response to the natural world, the film is profoundly contemplative and serene, giving audiences the opportunity to embrace a different and unusual but richly rewarding cinematic experience.DVD Extras The Making of Five (2005): Abbas Kiarostami's reflections on film and the making of Five (52 mins, Iranian language with English subtitles)Iran | 2003 | colour | 74 minutes | Ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD Review Contemplative cinema that generates its own hypnotic, therapeutic fascination... Five will still be around long after fashionable hits of the day are gone and forgotten. --Screen International P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); About the Director Abbas Kiarostami is one of the major figures in contemporary world cinema. He has been making films for more than three decades. Few diorectors can boast an ouevre that includes films such as A Taste Of Cherry, The Wind Will Carry Us, Ten and Five. See more