taste of cherry ( persian : طعم گيلاس ... , ta ’m - e gīlās ... ) is a 1997 film by the iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami .

it is a minimalist film about a man who drives through a city suburb looking for someone who can carry out the task of burying him after he commits suicide .

it was awarded the palme d'or at the 1997 cannes film festival .

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taste of cherry ( 1997 ) dir : abbas kiarostami country : iran . genre : drama .
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cherry coke and diet cherry coke with more cherry taste — closer to what people remembered from the soda fountain . cherry coke zero came to market in 2005 in response to men ' s attitudes about diet drinks . cherry - flavored coke products are now sold in 36 countries .
taste of cherry is an iranian movie written , produced and directed by abbas kiarostami in 1997 . golden palm at the cannes festival .
previous abbas kiarostami , the palme d’or - winning iranian director of 1997’s taste of cherry , has died in paris at 76 . the death was first reported by iranian news agencies .
winner of the palme d’or at the 1997 cannes film festival , iranian auteur abbas kiarostami’s taste of cherry is an emotionally complex meditation on life and death . middle - aged mr . badii ( homayoun ershadi ) drives through the hilly outskirts of tehran—searching for someone to rescue or bury him . criterion is proud to present the dvd premiere of taste of cherry in a beautiful widescreen transfer .
after paying admissions at this reception , you will set out for cherry picking .
please discard cherry seeds into the paper cup you are given at the reception .
“candito’s canvas in taste of cherry is bold , sexy , smart and unapologetic . the quotidian is anything but ordinary–it is a sensual assault of images that leaves us breathless , heady and drunk on language”
after a brief step off the path of complete love of iranian cinema with taxi , ( an unpopular view , i know ) , i’m right back on the love trail with abbas kiarostami’s a taste of cherry .
cherries are early summer fruits . you can enjoy cherry picking in lake kawaguchi vicinity between late june and early july . won ' t you come to taste our fresh and very sweet cherries ?
we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of look both ways by alison cherry .
first comes the annoying part : pitting the cherries . if you have a cherry pitter , it ' s easier and quicker to do this by hand , but you can also use this trick : remove the stems , and then place the cherry on the opening of a bottle ( the opening must be smaller than the cherry so that the cherry does not fall through ) . using a chopstick , press through the cherry and watch the pit fall into the bottle ! now the cherries can be eaten safely .
while not the same film , taxi and the wonderful iranian gem 20 fingers that i compared it to , and a taste of cherry takes place in a vehicle and it’s story plumed from conversations between passengers and driver . where taxi is obvious , a taste of cherry and 20 fingers are subtle , like poetry , or the scent of jasmine in bloom . where the motives and intentions of taxi are painfully clear , the other two are vague and mysterious , like the rest of iranian cinema i’ve…
i went into taste of cherry with roger ebert ' s heterodox review of the movie in my mind . and luckily , i ' m happy to say that i completely disagree with his take ( as i seem to often do ) .
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an iranian man drives his truck in search of someone who will quietly bury him under a cherry tree after he commits suicide .
“taste of cherry derives its name from the iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami’s film of the same name about a man who considers suicide but decides to live after tasting mulberries . the title invokes something powerfully present in candito’s poems as glimmers of these pivotal moments of sensation emerge , revealing layers of meaning buried beneath the surface of our daily experience . ”
“the speaker of these poems wanders again and again ‘where the guidebook says danger , ’ and even as the poet finds terror and pain in the lavish wreckage of twisted urges , a formal clarity , fueled by a profound hunger for life , keeps asserting itself in taste of cherry . ”
2 . the ending of taste of cherry is not a reminder that we are watching ' a movie , ' but a reminder that a movie and the making of that movie work in parallel - thusly , a work of art and the creation of that work of art are in parallel . from this film onward , depicting truth becomes paramount to kiarostami…
thirty years ago , cherry coke debuted in bottles and cans , giving retailers and foodservice operators a novel new choice for their customers . since that time , the turn - of - the century soda fountain favorite has held its own in the realm of what one early cherry coke tv commercial called
a timeless taste
— and sales for what was an instant hit are still going strong . cherry - flavored coke products continue to show healthy year - over - year growth . according to a coca - cola brand manager , the cherry cola segment in general is up 4 . 4 % in volume over the last five years .
late iranian filmmaker abbas kiarostami had a career that spanned more than 40 years . some of his most acclaimed films include certified copy ( 2010 ) , close - up ( 1990 ) , and taste of cherry ( 1997 ) , which won the palme d ' or at cannes .
1 . in a book on kiarostami that came out around 2002 - 04 , there ' s an interview with ahmed kiarostami , where the interviewer asks :
why did your father direct taste of cherry ?
ahmed responded :
probably because he wanted to commit suicide .
yes , there is a humanistic feeling underlying the action . yes , an iranian director making a film on the forbidden subject of suicide must have courage . yes , we applaud the stirrings of artistic independence in the strict islamic republic . but is
taste of cherry
a worthwhile viewing experience ? i say it is not .
palme d’or - winning account of an iranian man who drives around in his truck in search of anyone who bury him beneath a cherry tree after he commits suicide beneath it .
kiarostami’s a taste of cherry tackles the concepts of alienation and need to escape by trapping the protagonist mr . badii in a car . the use of the car is a common thread throughout kiarostami’s films , because it forces characters to communicate . they can only talk and drive , their car passing backdrops and vistas that reflect their problematic situation .
cherry coke launched in early 1985 in select u . s . cities and rolled out nationwide that summer . it was
the first major entry into a whole new category : cherry - flavored sodas ,
brian dyson , president of coca - cola usa , told the coca - cola bottler at the time . the release of what one atlanta constitution contributor called
a wonderful memory
came after years of research and development , consumer testing at the 1982 world ' s fair , and thousands of requests from thirsty americans for cherry - flavored coke . just 10 weeks after its debut , the cherry coke brand had a consumer awareness level of 91 % .
taste of cherry might just be kiarostami ' s most iconic film , and for good reason . the bulk of the film is next level cinema , maybe his most consistently intoxicating frame by frame . the last several minutes , whilst true to form , remain my least favourite section of the film , a time when other kiarostamis are usually busy stamping their…
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“ like jerzy kosinski’s steps , these poems blur the lines , like a prism , between sex and gender . they question commonly held assumptions like : “men can’t cry , ” “women are the victims of patriarchal oppression , ” and “heterosexual intercourse is an expression of men’s power over women . ” since candito’s language is especially fraught and concerned with overturning such complex situations , taste of cherry is frequently electrified with a delicate mix of both clarity and complexity . ”
there was great drama at cannes last year when the iranian director abbas kiarostami was allowed , at the last moment , to leave his country and attend the festival premiere of his new film ,
taste of cherry .
he received a standing ovation as he entered the theater , and another at the end of his film ( although this time mixed with boos ) , and the jury eventually made the film co - winner of the palme d ' or .
in kara candito’s prize - winning debut collection a “garish / human theatre” comes to life against richly textured geographic and psychic landscapes . these poems are high - speed meditations on a world where walter benjamin meets the “glitzy chain - link of chanel scarves” and puccini’s tosca meets the din of the times square subway station . ferociously witty and intensely lyrical , taste of cherry speaks to us in a language that is simultaneously private and public , sensual and cerebral .
the sense of being trapped in a rigorous monotony is exemplified by the production design and location vistas . a taste of cherry ’s production design is centered on shades of dirt . mr . badii’s car , both its exterior and interior , are varying shades of brown and beige . the characters clothes , bags , skin and hair all work within the limited color palette . the design pushes upon us a lifeless quality , a never - ending desert of blandness . the constant use of earth colors , of shades of yellow , beige and brown becomes oppressing . dust rises up , obscuring the camera’s point of view . its lens displays lifelessness , a lack of growth and impending death .
originally , the target audience for cherry coke was
adventurous consumers of all ages .
in 1987 , young people ages 8 to 19 accounted for 46 . 3 % of sales volume . marketing efforts in the 1990s were heavily geared toward teenagers , and the brand still represents an opportunity for retailers and foodservice providers to recruit young people . families are also buying more cherry coke products — particularly families in the american heartland . retailers trying to increase basket size should take note that in terms of dollars , shopper baskets are 53 % greater than when cherry cola is not in the basket , according to a coca - cola brand manager .
“candito reminds her readers that whether physical or emotional , real connection is an art form . although the collection is at times uneven ( what book isn’t ? ) , taste of cherry ’s strongest poems introduce candito as something rare : a writer brave enough to confront what’s emotionally terrifying and true . writing from her gut , candito strives “in bright , carnal letters” to prove that even in “last happiness”—“brief , brutal”—there is a degree of happiness still . ”
the tongues of most mammals hold taste receptors—proteins on the cellular surface that bind to an incoming substance , activating the cell ' s internal workings that lead to a signal being sent to the brain . humans enjoy five kinds of taste buds ( possibly six ) : sour , bitter , salty , umami ( or meatiness ) and sweet ( as well as possibly fat ) . the sweet receptor is actually made up of two coupled proteins generated by two separate genes : known as tas1r2 and tas1r3 .
where to begin with abbas kiarostami ' s taste of cherry - maybe i should eat a mulberry ? perhaps go walk outside and stand in the sun ? take in all that nature has to offer ? see all the young children happily playing ? or generally stated : enjoy life in all it ' s simplicities and bare essentials . no matter our place in this world , we all have our problems to sort out .
taste of cherry’s resolution is a startling one ; kiarostami has had to defend its seeming illogic and eeriness in several interviews . he usually does so with another shrug :
i did think this was a really big risk , but it was a risk worth taking . even when i hear people arguing about the ending of the film , i like it because it means the movie hasn’t ended . . . that the film has a life in their minds .
with more than 40 films to his credit , most filmed in iran , kiarostami is best known for his so - called koker trilogy from ’87 to ’94 ( where is the friend’s home ? , life , and nothing more… , and through the olive trees ) , 1990’s close - up , 1999’s the wind will carry us and taste of cherry , the 1997 film that won the palme d’or at that year’s cannes film festival .
njss members welcomed our 2013 cherry blossom princess , hannah rimar , and the other state princesses at the annual cherry blossom congressional reception on april 10 and the taste of the states dinner at fort myer , va on april 11 . at the congressional reception in the cannon house office building , our princess , hannah rimar of califon , nj , was introduced and escorted by lautenberg chief of staff dan katz . hannah is a staff assistant for the senator . also present were officials from nj - based pharmaceutical company otsuka , the top sponsor of the ncss ' s national cherry blossom princess program . these included molly ryan , tami carten and chad ozbecki . also in attendance was njss vice president steve oriol . the next night , at the taste of the states event at fort myer , guests enjoyed food and beverages from every region of the united states . thank you campbell soup company and your pepperidge farm division for donating the gourmet ecce panis rolls , made in east brunswick , nj . they were a big hit ! at our new jersey table , we had a display honoring the garden state as a center of agriculture . we reminded guests that the jersey shore is open for business this summer and that new jersey is a center of us - based manufacturing . in addition to campbell soup and otsuka , thanks also go to daiichi - sankyo , panasonic and prudential for supporting us and ensuring that new jersey could participate in this event and the cherry blossom festival in general .
is it a cake ? is it a pie ? no matter ! it ' s wonderfully sweet and brings the taste of summer directly to your plate . try the recipe using other fruits , depending on what ' s in season . enjoy !
a tip for cannes competition watchers is that while the big names are usually favourites for the palme , the unmissable films often turn out to be the outsiders , the ones that many critics use as an excuse to bunk off and catch up on their sleep . two years ago , that was exactly what happened when the competition jury gave the palme d ' or jointly to imamura ' s the eel and kiarostami ' s a taste of cherry .
people seem to enjoy this movie to the extent that they fill in the long , slow shots with thoughts of their own . i suppose that this is a fitting response to taste of cherry , a languidly paced meditation on the unbridgeable distances between people . i think kiarostami takes boredom as a narrative strategy about as far as it can be taken , however , and although i liked the movie , it ' s an exhausting experience and not one i would recommend to most people .
bagheri talks of how he had felt trapped and depressed but was able to recognize the beauty of life and the fulfillment of living for others . in bagheri’s case , it was his wife , children and the taste of a ripe cherry that brought him back . he was able to appreciate the beauty of life and it gave him a desire to teach that recognition to others . he shows badii a world filled with life . he sings about cherries and the glories of nature , a nature that is foreign to the world badii has been driving through all day . bagheri’s words and the world he introduces begin to affect badii .
john & neville , those are both fascinating readings of the film ; the quote from kiarostami re : the ending is great . ( although : taste of kiarostami ? really ? ) neville , good call on the use of the windows - - i wonder if i would have noticed that if i saw the film again now .
the brand represented the first flavored extension of the company ' s flagship trademark , and reception was strong . according to bottlers in test markets at the time , acceptance of the new product by both consumers and the trade was
phenomenal .
building on that initial energy , the coca - cola company introduced diet cherry coke to the u . s . market in 1986 . by the end of that year , cherry coke was positioned no . 10 among all soft drink products , held a 3 . 5 share of the sugar cola market and a 1 . 7 share of total soft drink market .
kiarostami does what he can to prevent the spectators from getting emotionally involved with mr . badie . but , damn i ' ve tasted the cherry . . . still can ' t get mr . badie ' s forlorn face out of my head : |
everyone who has written about taste of cherry has to find some way to deal with the fact that this is an incredibly slow movie . some people describe it as
languid ,
or
deliberately paced .
everyone uses the word
meditation
at some point . one synopsis reads ,
when kiarostami directs , the doors are opened to metaphysical reflection .
that ' s undeniable . but the doors are opened to metaphysical reflection when staring at a blank wall , too .
many films are bad . only a few declare themselves the work of people deficient in taste , judgment , reason , tact , morality and common sense . was there no one connected with this project who read the screenplay , considered the story , evaluated the proposed film and vomited ?
whether as a result of this dietary choice or the cause of it , all cats—lions , tigers and british longhairs , oh my—lack 247 base pairs of the amino acids that make up the dna of the tas1r2 gene . as a result , it does not code for the proper protein , it does not merit the name gene ( only pseudogene ) , and it does not permit cats to taste sweets .
they don ' t taste sweet the way we do ,
says joe brand , biochemist and associate director at the monell chemical senses center in philadelphia .
they ' re lucky . cats really have bad teeth as it is .
mike perkis , director of corporate marketing for coca - cola bottling co . consolidated in charlotte , north carolina , reported that initial results were three times original projections , adding that
cherry coke now makes up 6 % of our total cola sales ,
according to a report in the coca - cola bottler .
a majority of a taste of cherry takes place in mr . badii’s car , with the camera either focused on the driver or his passenger . the camera is locked ; it does not move . the world outside blurs by . sheets of glass sit between the characters and the exterior creating the impression of two linked but separate worlds . to mr . baddi , there is a danger in the outside world and his car acts as a protective bubble of glass and metal . the occasional shot from the hood of the car shows the protagonist through the windshield , boxed in by the steel frame of his vehicle . at times the sun reflects off the glass , obscuring the occupants from view . the film expresses badii in the moment , blind to others’ points of view and trapped inside his own depression .
any moral to the story is so tacit as to be almost unnoticeable . if there are any ' lessons ' to be learned they are almost immediately subverted . if mr . badii is kiarostami’s alter ego , if the life he finds in film , the sense of hope , the taste of cherry , has been torn from him , buried by the oppressive government , then he too is trapped . each carefully planned frame of the movie resonates the sense of weariness , separation and entrapment that we have all experienced . there is an escape , a world beyond , but we must be willing to change our plans and take the road less traveled .
in this documentary , kiarostami asks a number of students about their school homework . the answers of some children shows the darker side of this method of education .
the sensation of being trapped pervades abbas kiarostami’s a taste of cherry ( 1997 ) . the film tells the story of a mr . badii ( homayon ershadi ) and his quest to commit suicide . without giving any background to his character , the film illustrates badii as a man trapped in a society that is continually closing in around him . the film’s carefully controlled style conveys how an orthodox iranian society can trap its protagonist , director , and audience . claustrophobic imagery of repetition and burial permeates every sequence . the choice of shots , framing , production locations and colors allows the audience to experience badii’s personal entrapment , even if we do not know his reasons for suicide . in acknowledging the burden of this society , kiarostami also offers an inkling of hope , a sense that despite life’s trials there ' s a remarkable sense of beauty in nature and humanity .
it is clear that kiarostami has , in fact , chosen his subjects carefully . taste of cherry is the story of man ,
mr . badii ,
who , in the face of personal and social pressures , is contemplating , indeed planning , an elaborate suicide . the film is his quest for an accomplice . through the arid , dusty hills of tehran , at a strange , allegorical construction site , he searches for a partner in this act of supreme egoism , his own self - destruction . a soldier , turks , afghans , prisoners , a seminary student , a museum employee , all are enlisted . but one by one , those he approaches turn him down . religious scruples , fear , and optimism deny him a confederate .
as a painless alternative to traditional ear piercing , why not hang a pair of fresh cherries from your ear ? no ? well luckily , this sweet fruit tastes as wonderful as it looks . after you buy your next batch of cherries - or pick them from a tree ! - why not try making this classic french dessert : cherry clafoutis .
it has been a struggle , but abbas kiarostami has found a way , even under the eyes of the iranian regime , to say exactly what he wants to say . that many of his films seem like elaborate , essentially wordless , parables is not coincidental . for all their seeming otherness , believes kiarostami , post - revolutionary iranians are walking a universal path . theirs is the same slow , painful trudge across the forbidding mountains and into an ever - receding middle distance that all modern souls have to make . thus , the journey of taste of cherry is less an iranian one than a human one . and by taking it , we may find commonality with a culture whose ways westerners have yet to come to grips with .
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( ta’m e guilass ) a middle - aged man drives his truck in the outskirts of tehran looking for someone to help him out with a very specific and unusual request . iranian auteur abbas kiarostami ‘s minimalist philosophical film engulfs the viewer in it’s atmosphere and raises the most simple , yet complex questions about life , death and the human condition . filmed in a series of long takes , well composed and precisely timed . unexpected and memorable ending . won the palme d’or at the 1997 cannes film festival . despite this , the film was met with a polarized critical opinion . most critics praised taste of cherry greatly , calling it a masterpiece , others , however dismissed it as being boring due to the slow editing and minimalist directorial method . it has since been reevaluated and praised more , considered by many to be one of the greatest films of the decade and of all time .
i agree with kiarostami that there are films that
nail you to the seat and overwhelm you to the point that you forget everything , but you feel cheated later .
i think a lot of stylish , visually interesting , narratively dead films are that way ( oldboy , to name a recent example ) . but i also think that the best films , my favorite films , are the ones that nail you to the seat and overwhelm you , but for a purpose . and even a slowly - paced film ( andrei rublev ) can do that . but taste of cherry is more of a rorschach blot than a movie ; what you get from it depends on what you bring to it , more than any other film i ' ve seen .
this book is set at a prestigious theater camp , allerdale , and takes place over the course of the summer . our main character , brooklyn , is a mediocre actress at best and much prefers writing musical theatre pieces to singing them , but she feels pressured by her family full of broadway royalty to continue their legacy . as a former theater kid ( and current music student ) who has been to countless summer programs like the one portrayed in look both ways , i thought cherry nailed the setting . at programs like allerdale , there ' s almost always a strange duality : the entire cast of a production bonds and becomes almost like family during the process of putting on a show , but there ' s always a slight undercurrent of competition and jealousy there that can boil into drama at any moment . cherry perfectly portrayed this tension , and she captured the different types of people that you meet at arts programs perfectly in this cast of characters .
there ' s no getting around the fact that the movies of abbas kiarostami divide audiences - - in this country , in his native iran , and everywhere else they ' re shown . even in france , where his work has probably been celebrated longer than anywhere else , a couple of his earlier features reportedly flopped , though subsequent ones gained a passionate following - - a pattern that resembles my own mixed reaction when i first encountered his work about five years ago at the toronto film festival . i can no longer recall which film of his i saw first , but one that i now regard as profound and mysterious ,
where is my friend ' s house ?
, initially struck me as bland and pedestrian , a comedy about schoolchildren that seemed to be aiming for the charm of minor truffaut - - cute at best . and it wasn ' t until a few days after i saw
life and nothing more
that the full richness of it began to settle in . lately i ' ve come to realize that what i regard as the most wondrous thing to happen in cinema in many years , kiarostami ' s movies , strikes a few friends and colleagues as boring and empty , even predictable - - enough of them to make me realize that recognition of kiarostami ' s greatness can ' t be taken for granted , even though his
taste of cherry
shared the palme d ' or at cannes last year . and some colleagues who share my reverence for
taste of cherry
part company with me over its startling final sequence - - which they see as a blemish on an otherwise masterful work and i see as the element that makes it a masterpiece .
taste of cherry starts slow , with a man driving around in circles , stopping every now and then to talk to people on the street . after the title card , he gives a lift to a young soldier walking back to his barracks . they talk . badii , the driver , has a job offer . the soldier insists he needs to be back before six o’clock . at the twenty - three minute mark , the film’s story finally shifts into focus : badii is going to kill himself , and he wants the soldier to bury him . this opening feels strangely protracted , and it will take longer still for the film’s themes to cohere . the most fascinating and frustrating elements of abbas kiarostami’s film are its elusiveness .
what ' s become clear over the years is this : people love cherry coke . from its start , the brand grew organically . it found an early following and continues to attract both youthful consumers and those who are old enough to remember fondly the old - fashioned soda fountain favorite for 30 years .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
updated director martin scorsese released this statement on the death of abbas kiarostami : “i was deeply shocked and saddened when i heard the news of abbas kiarostami’s death . he was one of those rare artists with a special knowledge of the world , put into words by the great jean renoir : ‘reality is always magic . ’ for me , that statement sums up kiarostami’s extraordinary body of work . some refer to his pictures as ‘minimal’ or ‘minimalist , ’ but it’s actually the opposite : every scene in taste of cherry or where is the friend’s house ? is overflowing with beauty and surprise , patiently and exquisitely captured . i got to know abbas over the last 10 or 15 years . he was a very special human being : quiet , elegant , modest , articulate , and quite observant – i don’t think he missed anything . our paths crossed too seldom , and i was always glad when they did . he was a true gentleman , and , truly , one of our great artists . ”
so glad i found your blog . i was searching for an explanation of the end of this film , taste of cherry , and you gave me a nice one . actually , i had to watch this movie over two nights because it was just too stressful for me . i did not find it boring at all , but was on the edge of my seat and my stomach was tied up in knots . i have done a lot of hitchhiking and come upon curious drivers like him . he gave me the creeps . not knowing what he was all about , he could have been on the prowl for sex with strangers , or trying to kill someone randomly . it was too creepy to watch all in one night . one question , do iranians talk to each other so easily , and at such length ? or is this a peculiarity of our hero ? watching criterion movies is like reading a book published by penguin , you just know it ' s gotta be good .
brand and his colleague xia li first discovered the pseudogene after decades of anecdotal evidencesuch as cats showing no preference between sweetened and regular water , unlike other animals—testifying to their indifference to the sweet stuff . of course , there are also plenty of anecdotal accounts pointing in the other direction : cats that eat ice cream , relish cotton candy , chase marshmallows .
maybe some cats can use their [ tas1r3 receptor ] to taste high concentrations of sugar ,
brand says .
it ' s a very rare thing but we don ' t know yet .
if we ' re to feel sympathy for badhi , wouldn ' t it help to know more about him ? to know , in fact , anything at all about him ? what purpose does it serve to suggest at first he may be a homosexual ? ( not what purpose for the audience - - what purpose for badhi himself ? surely he must be aware his intentions are being misinterpreted . ) and why must we see kiarostami ' s camera crew - - a tiresome distancing strategy to remind us we are seeing a movie ? if there is one thing
taste of cherry
does not need , it is such a reminder : the film is such a lifeless drone that we experience it only as a movie .
yasha - yasha is the young manservant who has been traveling with ranevsky ever since she left for france . he is always complaining about how uncivilized russia is when compared to france , exploits dunyasha ' s love for him for physical pleasure , and openly tells firs that he is so old he should die . most of the characters besides ranevsky regard him as repulsive and obnoxious . he has a strong taste for acrid - smelling cigars .
what kind of queerbaiting bullshit was i just tricked into reading ? i ' ll start with the positives . the writing was okay . i thought alison cherry really captured the feeling of being involved in theatre ; it ' s a bubble where competitiveness and affection exist alongside one another in weird harmony , and everything that happens , big or small , feels magnified or more important then it would otherwise . i enjoyed reading that and i enjoyed brooklyn discovering her passion for songwriting and storytelli
“in kara candito’s remarkable first collection , we feel in the presence of a sure , authoritative voice , an intelligence and sensibility capable of registering the complexities of the sensual life . ”
roger ebert became film critic of the chicago sun - times in 1967 . he is the only film critic with a star on hollywood walk of fame and was named honorary life member of the directors ' guild of america . he won the lifetime achievement award of the screenwriters ' guild , and honorary degrees from the american film institute and the university of colorado at boulder .
sugar and spice and everything nice hold no interest for a cat . our feline friends are only interested in one thing : meat ( except for saving up the energy to catch it by napping , or a round of restorative petting ) this is not just because inside every domestic tabby lurks a killer just waiting to catch a bird or torture a mouse , it is also because cats lack the ability to taste sweetness , unlike every other mammal examined to date .
the french films of marker , goddard and truffault encapsulate a sense of alienation and entrapment with regards to social norms . the works of herzog , fassbinder and von trotta in germany look at a culture that , in the mistreatment of outsiders , is in danger of repeating its terrible past . decades later , the directors of the iranian new wave would examine a post - revolutionary culture where freedoms have been limited for a large portion of the population .
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in tribute to the late , legendary iranian director abbas kiarostami , siff presents the distinctive palme d ' or - winning film taste of cherry on its 20th anniversary . mr . badii , a middle - aged man in tehran , is intent on killing himself and seeks someone to bury him after his demise . in this quest , he drives around the city , meeting with numerous candidates . the first is a shy , young kurdish soldier who refuses to do the job and flees from badii ' s car in alarm . his second recruit is an afghani seminarian , who also declines because he has religious objections to suicide . the third is an azeri taxidermist ; he is willing to help badii because he needs the money to care for a sick child . but as their conversation continues , the azeri begins to try to talk him out of his plans . the film , considered by many to be kiarostami’s masterwork , is narratively simple and emotionally rich—the distillation of a philosophical inquiry into those things that make life worth living , including , for one of the great directors of our time , the cinematic form itself .
getting a major film made in fundamentalist iran requires an appropriately theological attitude : the work has to be parochial enough to satisfy the mullahs who monitor state culture at a dozen different points , yet it must also be a work of widespread and universal meaning if the film is to have international success . abbas kiarostami has negotiated this narrow path with extraordinary success . his taste of cherry ( winner of the palme d’or , cannes film festival , 1997 ) had to survive a tortuous three - level censorship process . first , cast , crew , and script had to pass scrutiny for the film to receive a production permit . then , the finished film had to be screened for the purity of islamic cultural ideals , in order to receive a screening permit . and finally , state authorities had to decide whether the film would receive status as a ‘quality’ film , which would allow it to be advertised on the state - owned television network and get the best playing times at the nation’s most prestigious theaters . throughout the process , the representation of women and of sexual desire is strictly regulated . the 1979 revolution was hard on the iranian film industry in other ways , including the wave of arson that destroyed hundreds of theaters in the name of anti - western purification . thousands of films which had been previously shown in the country were reevaluated by state censors , and only a few hundred survived to be certified for screening again , a deep blow to the nation’s film culture .
the vast majority of the movie is one of the two shots above , or a wide shot of the range rover winding through the hills , as badii and his passengers converse about suicide . kiarostami does have an eye for interestingly framed shots , like this one , of workers converging on badii ' s car to push it out of a ditch :
this might be my favorite alison cherry book yet . ( well , tied with next year ' s the classy crooks club ! ) everything about this story shines , from the vivid setting of summer theater camp allerdale , to the relationship between zoe and brooklyn , to brooklyn herself - - a wonderful , authentic protagonist trying to figure out who she is , who she loves , and how to navigate the changing relationships with her family and friends . hilarious , heartfelt , and beautifully written .
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films and filmmaking are means of escape , of breaking free from the world around us . entrapment , alienation and the role of the outsider are prevalent themes throughout new wave cinema . as filmmakers sought out contemporary means of expression , their cameras focused on individuals attempting to escape societies’ binds .
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“but the way she [ candito ] seduces you most essentially is in the overall sense in these poems of an intelligence exploring the border between civilization and chaos . indeed , candito is the flâneuse in the baudelairean sense of a “stroller of the streets , ” who plays a double role in the detached observation of and the active participation in the life of the city . ”
mrs . lyuba ranevsky - mrs . ranevksy is a middle - aged russian woman , the owner of the estate and the cherry orchard around which the story revolves . she has faced tragedy many times in her life , or rather has tried to escape from it . her first name ,
lyuba ,
means
love
in russian , and she seems to exemplify love with her generosity , kindness and physical beauty , and sexual nature ; she is the only character in the play with a lover . but her feelings of love often cloud her judgment , and she is also unable to control her spending , a sign of her disconnection from her present status as an impoverished aristocrat .
i am a huge fan of this film , and at timed i think people are trying to niche a film into something when it isn ' t anything . the movie barley has any plot , the cinematography is boring , the dialouge is rigid , adn the only lines that really catch any attention were those about the taste of cherry . to me this film is just a master piece of existentialism . the way the film concludes , reminding you that nothing you just saw matters , mr . badii doesn ' t matter , his life doesn ' t matter , and neither does this movie your watching , and that ' s why i refuse to end it . thinking about the movie from that perspective , that the movie is simply doesn ' t matter , much like our lives i think the movie can pick up a life of its own . that ' s what kiarostami does in many of his films , he cares about the final feeling , and tone he sets , rather then the expierence of the film . for example he has this documentary about a massive traffic jam , that he films entirley in tight close ups . in the end you feel unbelivably clostraphobic , like those that were stuck in the traffic jam , even though the movie was a complete bore to watch . so i geuss with kiarostami the real question you need to ask is
at the end , how did i feel ?
i have just seen your blog and you reaaly are doing a great job . i think some more recent spines , especially after 200 , are more interesting but there clearly are many important films that you have already reviewed . taste of cherry is one of my favorite criterions and i don ' t agree with you on most points , but you did get why i ( and a lot of other people ) love this film . this film reminded me so many little precious details that make life much more interesting . and it had the irony that all these things are so little that the only thing we evetually see is a huge meaninglessness . and when a film is trying to tell us how insignificant and little our lives and problems are , it ' s only even more meainigful that not much happens in it . i think the life in a mountain in iran is not much more different than what we see in the film , so for many people , there is nothing woth filming here . but the life is worth filming , not because anything interesting happens , but because it exists . the cinematography of this film is gorgeous in comparison to kiarostami ' s many other films , especially 10 . anyway , i ' m happy to discover your blog and you really have some writing talent .
scientists do know , however , that cats can taste things we cannot , such as adenosine triphosphate ( atp ) , the compound that supplies the energy in every living cell .
there isn ' t a lot hanging around in meat , but it ' s a signal for meat ,
brand says . and plenty of other animals have a different array of receptors , li says , from chickens that also lack the sweet gene to catfish that can detect amino acids in water at nanomolar concentrations .
their receptor is more sensitive than the background concentration ,
brand notes .
the catfish that detects the rotting food first is the one that survives .
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kiarostami strikes again with another provocative film , very much in the same vein as his others : drawn out films that involve a very introspective soul - searching of all of the character ' s involved , and in so doing , finding some more meaning to the idea of what life is all about . from the beginning to the end , kiarostami gives us a complex script of characters that we come into contact with , and as we learn about each one , we learn more about the idea of life . what makes the film very interesting for a western viewer is that i find closer to kiarostami ' s iran after each of his films that i watch , and become more informed to it . we learn intimate details about the lives of several iranians . throughout the film i found that , although like many of his films it was quite slow - paced , it contained the extraordinarily rich dialog that is expected of a kiarostami film . his films advance through their rich dialog while using the dusty iranian landscape as their backdrop . i found a lot of the cinematography to be terrific , viewing the city from a distance and looking into the dusty foot - hills on the outskirts of tehran . it is more than poetic to see a man at the end of his rope searching through the dust and faces of tehran ' s poor laborers for answers about life and death . in many ways , the film is a large metaphor for the human state of affairs . the film culminates very well , and we all eventually find our own taste of cherry in the film . i always feel as if kiarostami ' s films are a very philosophical experience , and are quite personal . in this sense , kiarostami ' s films are amongst the best that i have seen . however , they are undoubtedly slower paced than other films , and they require the viewer to detach himself from any western stereotypes that he has about film . this would not be a good film for somebody expecting action or a typical western film , but rather , this would be a film that i would recommend only to those who are in the mood for an insightful , philosophical film that shows an alternative view of life . overall , it was an emotionally powerful film that will stick out in my memory as all kiarostami films do .


vive le tour is a 1962 french documentary by filmmaker louis malle .

it chronicles the 1962 tour de france and focuses on issues such as providing food for the racers , dealing with injuries and doping .

the new york times describes the film as containing " ebullience , whimsy , jet black humor , awe and unspeakable tragedy " and as " a worshipful documentary of a sport made by a man who knew it intimately and loved it . "

vive le tour won the dok leipzig golden dove award in 1966 .

jean bobet , a cyclist himself and brother of the great louison bobet , is the voice-over in this documentary .

the 18 minute film is available on dvd from the criterion collection as part of their eclipse series .

vive le tour

an example of vive is when a group yells out
vive le tour !
during the tour de france bike race .
above the door are the arms of france and of joan of arc and an inscription of 1481 reading
vive labeur ; vive le roi louys .
vive le tour is great short documentary by french filmmaker louis malle . it chronicles the 1962 tour featuring scenes beyond just the racing itself . it shows the atmosphere as spectator gather to watch the race pass , the caravane publicitaire , the feed zone and drink raids .
in his short documentary vive le tour , louis malle presents his energetic evocation of the tour de france . this , humain , trop humain , and place de la république , louis malle’s three french - set documentaries , reveal , in an eclectic array of ways , the director’s eternal fascination with , and respect for , the everyday lives of everyday people .
chronicals the cyclists of the tour de france and their daily trails along the race .
after being narrowly beaten to the top spot on yesterday’s opening stage of the tour de france , peter sagan took the victory on today ' s . . .
vive le tour
is an intimate , bizarre , somewhat humorous - and very cinematic - look at the intricacies and internal politics of the tour de france . existing somewhere between comedy and documentary , malle gives us the privilege of observing the tour , it ' s riders , the fans , and even the journalists like never before . chock full of non - diegetic sounds and epic musical numbers we watch as journalists feast , sleep and basically live on their motorcycles while they cover the racers ; as injured racers are airlifted in coffins attached to the outside of an oldschool medivac copter ; and as racers stop , run into restaurants and raid everything from beer to soda , which they carry with them and drink as they ride ( after which the tour is billed ) . if you aren ' t impressed by how some riders are able to urinate without stopping . . . then i don ' t know what will impress you ! ! ! a truly bizarre and entertaining look at the tour de france like you ' ve never seen ! interesting to note that
doping
was a serious problem that was threatening the sport even in 1962 !
of england , he wished to negotiate personally with him at pronne , and hardly had he reached that place when news arrived there of the revolt of liege amid cries of vive france .
vive l ' empereur ! . . . preur ! - - if they make me governor of india , gerard , i ' ll make you minister of kashmir - - that ' s settled .
if you’re a sucker for cycling nostalgia you’ll love this 18 minute time capsule film of the 1962 tour de france . it touches on interesting things such as how the riders were fed , how they dealt with injuries and of course doping . it’s far from being new , but i thought i’d share . you don’t need to speak french to know what’s going on .
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with minimal narration by the director and very little context this is a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals from calcutta , a city of 8 , 000 , 000 in the late 1960 ' s : rich and poor , exotic and . . . see full summary »
vibrant scenes of individuals ' daily life are filmed in place de la république .
a documentary with almost no words following the production of citroen cars at a plant in northern france and their later sales .
this pioneering nature documentary investigates aquatic habitats in various locations around the world . it doesn ' t shy away from the brutality present in the natural world , but it also . . . see full summary »
after acknowledging his own immigrant background , malle , tries to present the range of immigrant experiences in the us during the 1980 ' s . in an attempt to be comprehensive , the film . . . see full summary »
original footage of the prosperous farming community of glencoe minnesota , 60 miles west of minneapolis , was filmed in 1979 for a pbs documentary . but for the next six years malle was too . . . see full summary »
when jill becomes a movie star , she soon discovers that her private life is destroyed by persistent fans that won ' t leave her alone . her mother ' s ex - lover , fabio , tries to protect her .
saddled with a dull husband and a foolish lover , a woman has an affair with a stranger .
new york actors rehearse chekhov ' s
uncle vanya
in a dilapidated theatre .
this merry farce depicts a satirical view of the french society : ten - year - old zazie has to stay two days with her relatives in paris , so that her mother can spend some time with her lover . . . . see full summary »
alain leroy is having a course of treatment in a private hospital because of his problem with alcohol . although he is constantly distressed , he leaves the hospital and tries to meet good . . . see full summary »
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louis malle is remembered primarily as a fiction filmmaker , but he had a parallel career as a documentarian . in fact , he got his start in nonfiction : when he was just twenty - three years old , malle was given the opportunity to collaborate with jac…
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deservedly celebrated for the astonishingly diverse array of narrative features he made over a nearly forty - year career , louis malle was in fact even more multifaceted than this body of work suggests . for alongside such well - known , and disparate , dra…
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one of the most remarkable parts of the film is the footage of a rider who is in a pretty bad way . it appears that he has taken drugs and eventually passes out . malle’s camera follows this rider from the ignis team until he finally slows down and crashes by the side of the road .
the new york times describes the film as containing “ebullience , whimsy , jet black humor , awe and unspeakable tragedy” and as “a worshipful documentary of a sport made by a man who knew it intimately and loved it . ”
“i’m not thinking about yellow ; i’m thinking about stage wins” – . . .
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louis malle shot most of the documentary as a 30 year old cycling fan and filmmaker with only 2 feature films to his name . the footage was likely shot in 16 mm .
1 jacques anquetil ( fra ) accb - saint raphaël 114h 31′ 54″ 2 jozef planckaert ( bel ) flandria - faema + 4′ 59″ 3 raymond poulidor ( fra ) mercier + 10′ 24″ 4 gilbert desmet ( bel ) carpano + 13′ 01″ 5 albertus geldermans ( ned ) accb - saint raphaël + 14′ 04″ 6 tom simpson ( gbr ) vc xii + 17′ 09″ 7 imerio massignan ( ita ) legnano + 17′ 50″ 8 ercole baldini ( ita ) ignis + 19′ 00″ 9 charly gaul ( lux ) g . s . gazzola + 19′ 11″ 10 eddy pauwels ( bel ) wiels + 23′ 04″