Cinema of Questions — theculturetrip.com

Firstly, Kiarostami is a photographer as well as a filmmaker and often conveys meaning through peculiar framing and composition. When not filming, Kiarostami is taking pictures of roads, trees, snow, doors, walls, windows and anything else that inspires him. His photographs and his films are subtly interconnected. His mesmerizing long shots in movies like Wind Will Carry Us and Taste of Cherry depict a man on a journey through an omniscient point of view, trying to find his place in the universe. The position of his camera is enigmatic: sometimes detached, sometimes a mirror in which the characters see themselves, like in Certified Copy’s ending.

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