Abbas Kiarostami - Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami (A TASTE OF CHERRY, THROUGH THE OLIVE TREES) pays homage to Yasujiro Ozu, the brilliant Japanese filmmaker whose spare but evocative style has been a major influence on Kiarostami's work. Canny and sublime, the 74-minute film is comprised of five long, apparently single takes of a beach on the Caspian Sea, all focusing on the ocean, comprised of virtually no camera movement and enveloped in rapturous natural sound.
Richly poetic and shot on a hand-held DV camera, the film features five extended, apparently single-take sequences:
1. The camera accompanies a piece of wood with which the waves are toying, at the beach.
2. People are walking along, by the seaside. Older people stop, look at the waves, then walk away.
3. Indistinct shapes on a beach in winter. A group of dogs. A love story.
4. Ducks noisily cross the frame in one direction, then the other.
5. A pond. Nighttime. Frogs. A chorus of sounds. Then, a storm, and finally, dawn.



MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Abbas Kiarostami
COUNTRY: France, Iran, Japan
YEAR: 2004

DISC FEATURES:
•Includes Around Five: Abbas Kiarostami's reflections on film and the making of Five 2005 / 54 min. / In Iranian w/English subtitles an MK2 production


DVD:
STUDIO: KIMSTIM COLLECTION
SYSTEM: NTSC
COLOR: Colour
AUDIO: No Dialog
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 74 minutes

EXTRACTION DVD:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter 3.5.4.0
DVD EXTRACTION: 1 Double-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: VIDEO_TS
FILE SIZE: 6.5 GBs
SCANS: Full Art Scan
SCANS FILE SIZE: 4.3 MBs
TOTAL SIZE: 6.5 GBs



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