FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
From the director of "Taste of Cherry," "Close-up"
and the new film "Certified Copy" starring Juliette Binoche
"SHIRIN"
A film by Abbas Kiarostami
ON DVD AUGUST 24, 2010
"A feast for the bedazzled eye. A brilliantly composed, sensually vibrant visual text.
Kiarostami fabricates a fascinating tension between film narrative and film imagery."
- Ronnie Scheib, Variety
New York, NY - The Cinema Guild is pleased to announce the DVD release of Abbas Kiarostami's "Shirin."
"Shirin" premiered at the 2008 Venice Film Festival but has never been released in the US. The DVD will be available to own August 24, 2010 for $29.95. Prebook is July 20, 2010.
Included on the DVD are two short films directed by Abbas Kiarostami, "Roads of Kiarostami" and "Rug," as well as "Taste of Shirin," a thirty minute documentary offering a revealing look at the making of the film. Plus an insightful essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Synopsis
A vibrant, daringly original work from Abbas Kiarostami, "Shirin" is the flowering of an experimentalist streak that's been evident in many of the director's most well-known features: "Close-Up," "Taste of Cherry," "The Wind Will Carry Us" and "Ten."
Ostensibly an adaptation of a 12th century Persian poem about a young princess courted by two men, a nobleman and an artist, Kiarostami never shows us the film in question. Instead, we are compelled to reconstruct the narrative from dialogue and sound, and the emotions that flash across the faces of a rapt, mostly female audience.
A movie about a movie we never see, 'Shirin" makes us active participants in a unique cinematic experience.
Disc Specs
"Shirin" is presented in anamorphic widescreen 1.85:1, mastered from an HD source, with a Farsi Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack as well as English subtitles. Bonus features, include:
- Mastered from original HD source material
- Taste of Shirin (2008, 27 minutes), a documentary on the making of Shirin by Hamideh Razavi
- Roads of Kiarostami (2005, 30 minutes), a short film by Abbas Kiarostami
- Rug (2006, 6 minutes), a short film by Abbas Kiarostami
- Essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum
SHIRIN
Order Due Date: July 20, 2010
Street Date: August 24, 2010
Catalog Number: CG 000115
UPC: 881164000262 | ISBN: 0-7815-1343-X
Total Run Time: 91 minutes
Rating: NR
Screen Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 (16:9)
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