Rent 24 Frames (2017)
3.4 of 5 from 70 ratings
1h 52min
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- Synopsis:
For what would prove to be his final film, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami gave himself a challenge: to create a dialogue between his work as a filmmaker and his work as a photographer, bridging the two art forms to which he had dedicated his life. Setting out to reconstruct the moments immediately before and after a photograph is taken, Kiarostami selected twenty-four still images - most of them stark landscapes inhabited only by foraging birds and other wildlife - and digitally animated each one into its own subtly evolving four-and-a-half-minute vignette, creating a series of poignant studies in movement, perception, and time that is also a sustained meditation on the process of image making. '24 Frames' is a graceful and elegiac farewell from one of the giants of world cinema. - Actors:
- Ahmad Kiarostami, Jamsheed Akrami, Godfrey Cheshire, Abbas Kiarostami, Salma Monshizadeh
- Directors:
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Producers:
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Writers:
- Abbas Kiarostami, Bilge Ebiri
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
- Countries:
- Iran
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 04/02/2019
- Run Time:
- 114 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- NTSC
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with director Abbas Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami, who helped finish the film after his father's death
- New conversation between film scholar Jamsheed Akrami and film critic Godfrey Cheshire
- New short documentary about the making of the film by Abbas Kiarostami collaborator Salma Monshizadeh
- Trailer
- An essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri
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Reviews (2) of 24 Frames
not a great intro to kiarostami... but a magnificent coda - 24 Frames review by CP Customer
Apparently kiarostami said if you fall asleep while watching 24 Frames he doesn’t mind, just so long as you remember it weeks after... it succeeded for me. It’s a very meditative film, and some of the “frames” are more successful than others, but the ones that do grab your attention won’t let go. It has lingered with me for far longer, and gone much deeper, than films I’ve otherwise thought I enjoyed far more.
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A quietly contemplative triumph - 24 Frames review by TE
This is a brilliant 'signing off' by the great Abbas Kiarostami. It includes a short but revealing interview with his son, who makes the point that this is not an entry point for the director's work, but is a magnificant coda.
The use of sound and music is vital to the project, and the result is a stunning all round artistic achievement.
The first of the 24 Frames is a charming adaptation of the well known winter scene by Brueghel. This segues into a series of 23 meditative shorts that sometimes pick up on aspects of the painting.
Kiarostami knew he was dying and this is a rare opportunity to accompany an artist in his final visions.
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