10 on Ten

This isn't so much a documentary as it is an 80 minute class with Iranian auteur Abbas Kiarstomi. Using his movie "Ten" as an example, he breaks down his theory of filmaking in 10 chapters, ranging from his preference of camera, to his take on character and directing.

Don't expect a doc with include scenery and talking heads. There is only one talking head, Kiarstomi's, as it drives cross countryside alone. But that's the beauty of this. It was just him and a camera and some free time.

He's talking directly at us. Giving us a very personal talk that would otherwise take place in his head.

Kiarstomi is an ego-centric who says something profound and knows it. Sometimes he says something hilarious and doesn't. But he is honest and proud, with a confidence worthy of envy. At the end of the film he promises us some scenery. He gets out of the car, living the window open to a blurry tree. And then you hear him, peeing, somewhere off camera.

相比较以前的作品，阿巴斯这部《十》更加“仿记录片”。DV摄影器材放在一辆出租车的车头位置，对准一位刚离婚且不知姓名的女出租车司机，在几天内的车程中，记录她与十位乘客的谈话片断。一切场景完全发生在汽车内部，十段车内的对话访谈，记下了乘客的内心独白。内容涉及到伊朗的种种现状，但略为沉闷。
这部片子被誉为“电影制作方式的新模范”，即用最朴实的影像来表达问题。“简单”是片子的最大特色，所有场景发生在同一辆出租车内，机位固定不动，极少切换；角色上也极其简单，女司机、小男孩、匆匆的过客；几乎没有情节，没有一个清晰的故事轮廓；影片的结构，只是10段对话而已。阿巴斯近期醉心于拍摄记录性质的片子，对剧情片的热情越来越淡，追求返朴归真到了几乎疯狂的地步。这部完全处于生活流对话状态的影片，只集中于抽象主题，似乎有些过火。

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