{"product_id":"conversations-with-kiarostami","title":"Conversations with Kiarostami","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e“In many respects the best book yet published on the director.”\u003cem\u003e—\u003cspan\u003eCineaste\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eConversations with Kiarostami\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollects for the first time a far ranging series of interviews with the celebrated director Abbas Kiarostami by film critic, and Iranian cinema expert, Godfrey Cheshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eConducted in the 1990s, these in-depth conversations offer a film-by-film account of Kiarostami’s views of his artistic development from his first short “Bread and Alley” in 1970 to the 1999 feature\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wind Will Carry Us\u003c\/em\u003e, covering his lesser known, and seldom written about, shorts from earlier in his career, along with the masterworks that made him world famous, such as the Koker Trilogy (\u003cem\u003eWhere Is the Friend’s House?\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd Life Goes On\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrough the Olive Trees\u003c\/em\u003e),\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eClose-Up\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTaste of Cherry\u003c\/em\u003e. The book includes a Foreword by Ahmad Kiarostami, the director’s son, as well as an introduction from Cheshire that contextualizes the interviews and discusses his relationship with the director.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Film Desk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53248095650106,"sku":"9780999468357","price":29.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1765\/3531\/files\/Kiarostami-updated.png?v=1774969394","url":"https:\/\/shop.tiff.net\/products\/conversations-with-kiarostami","provider":"TIFF Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}