Cacti Blossom in a Desert: Some Short Films of Abbas Kiarostami Jim Knox December 2003 Abbas Kiarostami Kiarostami's government-sponsored educational shorts have gained attention thanks to his later, acclaimed features; pointing to their example, Knox argues that some of the most rewarding cinema lies far outside the world of officially recognised "art".
Days in the Country: Representations of Rural Space and Place in Abbas Kiarostami’s Life and Nothing More, Through the Olive Trees and The Wind Will Carry Us Stephen Bransford December 2003 Abbas Kiarostami As several critics have noted, the films of Abbas Kiarostami are characterised by a complex interplay between documentary and fiction. This in-depth essay seeks a fuller understanding of this interplay through an analysis of how space and place are articulated in three of his films.
