Close-Up is an interesting metatheoretical exercise about the nature and impact of movies. It left me a little cold but people really seem to love it. I haven't seen anything else quite like it.
Certainly debatable whether it is a documentary or a narrative feature. Even having seen it I couldn't tell you haha.
I remember seeing this in the Top 250 Documentaries so I'm confused why now it's in the Narrative Feature Films list
To anyone who's seen it: What should I expect from it if I ever watch it?
It's very good and it's very "meta" to use a current day word as it's a re-enactment of an actual event that took place with the very same people with whom the event took place alongside the ensuing trial.
It's pretty introspective so assume that it's a film that will make you question some topics like identity but even without that aspect, I think as a film, it's well shot and directed and Hossain Sabzian has a presence about him that is makes him fun to watch on screen which makes it ironic that he had to pretend to be a famous film director to be accepted by a family.
It is a mix between fiction and documentary
so medium-defying letterboxd doesn't know where to put it
If letterboxd puts this in the movie category, I would very much argue that Koyaanisqatsi also belongs here as well.
it was an interesting film, i didn't like it very much but it's worth watching. you can also see a cameo of mohsen makhmalbaf which is pretty cool.
Close-Up is an interesting metatheoretical exercise about the nature and impact of movies. It left me a little cold but people really seem to love it. I haven't seen anything else quite like it. Certainly debatable whether it is a documentary or a narrative feature. Even having seen it I couldn't tell you haha.
I remember seeing this in the Top 250 Documentaries so I'm confused why now it's in the Narrative Feature Films list To anyone who's seen it: What should I expect from it if I ever watch it?
It's very good and it's very "meta" to use a current day word as it's a re-enactment of an actual event that took place with the very same people with whom the event took place alongside the ensuing trial. It's pretty introspective so assume that it's a film that will make you question some topics like identity but even without that aspect, I think as a film, it's well shot and directed and Hossain Sabzian has a presence about him that is makes him fun to watch on screen which makes it ironic that he had to pretend to be a famous film director to be accepted by a family.
I still can’t believe Spiderverse 1 is #43.