Taste of Cherry
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2020],c2020
Format: Blu-ray Disc
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded booklet (17 cm)
The first Iranian film to win the Palme d'Or, this austere, humanist drama follows the enigmatic Mr. Badii (Homayoun Ershadi) as he drives around the hilly outskirts of Tehran looking for someone who will agree to bury him after he commits suicide, a taboo under Islam. Extended conversations with three passengers (a soldier, a seminarian, and a taxidermist) elicit different views on mortality and individual choice. Operating at once as a closely observed, realistic story and a fable populated by archetypal figures, the film challenges the viewer to consider what often goes unexamined in everyday life.
Series: Criterion collection ; 45.
Other Authors:
Kiarostami, Abbas, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.
Ershadi, Homayoun, actor.
Bagheri, Abdolhossein, actor.
Bakhtiari, Afshin, actor.
Noori, Mir Hossein, actor.
Moradi, Safar Ali, actor.
Payvar, Homayoun, 1944- director of photography.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Kiarostami, Abbas, film director, screenwriter, film producer, editor of moving image work.
Ershadi, Homayoun, actor.
Bagheri, Abdolhossein, actor.
Bakhtiari, Afshin, actor.
Noori, Mir Hossein, actor.
Moradi, Safar Ali, actor.
Payvar, Homayoun, 1944- director of photography.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Suicidal behavior -- Iran -- Drama.
Gravediggers -- Recruiting -- Iran -- Drama.
Iran -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Suicidal behavior -- Iran -- Drama.
Gravediggers -- Recruiting -- Iran -- Drama.
Iran -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
Target Audience: Rating: Not rated.
ISBN:
9781681437378
UPC: 715515248518
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD FOREIGN Taste | Main (Downtown) | First Level, Blu-ray Disc | Out (Due: 3/28/2024) |
Title from screen.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).
4K digital restoration.
Special features: Project (1997), Abbas Kiarostami's 39-minute sketch film for Taste of cherry that he made with his son Bahman Kiarostami; new interview with film scholar Hamid Naficy; rare 1997 interview with Kiarostami, conducted by film scholar Jamsheed Akrami; new English subtitle translation; program from 2017 on Kiarostami's use of landscape featuring film scholar Kristin Thompson; trailer; plus: essay by critic A.S. Hamrah.
Cinematography, Humāyūn Pāyʹvar ; editor, ʻAbbās Kīyārustamī.
Humāyūn Irshādī, ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Bāqirī, Afshīn Khūrshīd Bākhtarī, Mīr Ḥusayn Nūrī, Ṣafar ʻAli Murādī.
همايون ارشادى، عبد الحسين باقرى، افشين خورشيد باخترى، مير حسين نورى، صفر على مرادى.
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen presentation; LPCM mono; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Persian dialogue; optional English subtitles.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1997.
Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio).
4K digital restoration.
Special features: Project (1997), Abbas Kiarostami's 39-minute sketch film for Taste of cherry that he made with his son Bahman Kiarostami; new interview with film scholar Hamid Naficy; rare 1997 interview with Kiarostami, conducted by film scholar Jamsheed Akrami; new English subtitle translation; program from 2017 on Kiarostami's use of landscape featuring film scholar Kristin Thompson; trailer; plus: essay by critic A.S. Hamrah.
Cinematography, Humāyūn Pāyʹvar ; editor, ʻAbbās Kīyārustamī.
Humāyūn Irshādī, ʻAbd al-Ḥusayn Bāqirī, Afshīn Khūrshīd Bākhtarī, Mīr Ḥusayn Nūrī, Ṣafar ʻAli Murādī.
همايون ارشادى، عبد الحسين باقرى، افشين خورشيد باخترى، مير حسين نورى، صفر على مرادى.
Blu-ray; region A; 16:9 wide screen presentation; LPCM mono; 1080p high definition; requires Blu-ray player.
Persian dialogue; optional English subtitles.