Zīr derakhtān zeytūn = Through the olive trees /
Through the Olive Trees (the last part of The Koker Trilogy) is a depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film Zendegi va digar hich (And Life Goes On, 1992, the second part of The Koker Trilogy). "Unfolding 'behind the scenes' of And...
| Uniform Title: | Zīr derakhtān zeytūn (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | Persian |
| Language Notes: | Persian dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[Irvington, New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
2019.
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
991. |
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| Summary: | Through the Olive Trees (the last part of The Koker Trilogy) is a depiction of the off-screen relationship between the actors who play the newlyweds in the film Zendegi va digar hich (And Life Goes On, 1992, the second part of The Koker Trilogy). "Unfolding 'behind the scenes' of And Life Goes On, this film traces the complications that arise when the romantic misfortune of one of the actors -- a young man who pines for the woman cast as his wife, even though, in real life, she will have nothing to do with him -- creates turmoil on set and leaves the hapless director caught in the middle"--Container. "Abbas Kiarostami first came to international attention for this wondrous, sly self-referential series of films set in the rural northern Iranian town of Koker. Poised delicately between fiction and documentary, comedy and tragedy, the lyrical fables in The Koker Trilogy exemplify both the gentle humanism and the playful sleight of hand that define the director's sensibility. With each successive film, Kiarostami takes us deeper into the behind-the-scenes 'reality' of the film that preceded it, heightening our understanding of the complex network of human relationships that sustain both a movie set and a village. The result is a gradual outward zoom that reveals the cosmic majesty and mystery of ordinary life"--The Koker Trilogy boxed set container. |
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| Item Description: | Title from screen credits. Blu-ray release of the 1994 motion picture. Booklet accompanies the entire three-Blu-ray boxed set The Koker trilogy, and provides cast and credits information for all three films in the set. Wide screen (1.66:1 aspect ratio) Features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack; New interview with Kiarostami's son Ahmad Kiarostami; New conversation between scholar Jamsheed Akrami and critic Godfrey Cheshire; new English subtitle translation; An essay by Cheshire (in booklet). |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (30 pages ; 17 cm.) |
| Format: | Blu-ray disc, region A; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); presentation; mono sound format ; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Awards: | Bergamo Film Meeting. 1995: Golden Rosa Camuna (Abbas Kiarostami). Chicago International Film Festival, 1994: Silver Hugo in Best Films (Abbas Kiarostami). Singapore International Film Festival, 1995: Silver Screen Award in Best Director (Abbas Kiarostami). São Paulo International Film Festival, 1994: Critics Award (Abbas Kiarostami). Valladolid International Film Festival, 1994: Golden Spike (Abbas Kiarostami). |
| Production Credits: | Producer, Alain Depardieu ; director of photography, Hossein Jafarian ; editor, Abbas Kiarostami. |
| ISBN: | 9781681436272 1681436272 |