Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami Dies
Deborah Young writes a tribute: ‘With the death of Abbas Kiarostami, Iran’s leading director, world cinema loses one of its true guiding lights…As he evolved as a filmmaker with award-winning features like “Close Up,” “Taste of Cherry” (Palme d’Or, 1997) and “The Wind Will Carry Us” (Grand Jury Prize in Venice, 1999), his creativity simultaneously blossomed in other media. A sophisticated photographer, theater director, painter, editor, screenwriter, poet and modern artist, he explored life and death through nature and Persian culture.’
