More Details

Summary:

"In the aftermath of the 1990 earthquake in Iran that left fifty thousand dead, Abbas Kiarostami returned to Koker, where his camera surveys not only devastation but also the teeming life in its wake. Blending fiction and reality into a playful, poignant road movie, And Life Goes On follows a film director who, along with his son, makes the trek to the region in hopes of finding out if the young boys who acted in Where Is the Friend's House? [Khane-ye doust kodjast?] are among the survivors, and discovers a resilient community pressing on in the face of tragedy. Finding beauty in the bleakest of circumstances, Kiarostami crafts a quietly majestic ode to the best of the human spirit."--Container

Contributors:

Kiarostami, Abbas , film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image

Zarrīn, ʻAlī Riz̤ā (Film producer) , film producer

Khiradmand, Farīdah , actor

Riz̤āʼī, Husayn , actor

Pāyvar, Pūyā , actor

Naficy, Hamid , interviewee

Saeed-Vafa, Mehrnaz, 1950- , commentator

Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943- , commentator

Janus Films , presenter, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre

Kānūn-i Parvarish-i Fikrī-i Kūdakān va Nawjavānān (Iran) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

Persian
English

Language Notes:

Persian dialogue; with optional English subtitles.

Main Work:

Zendegi va digar hich (Motion picture)

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 991

Koker trilogy

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: And life goes on

Subjects:

Gīlān (Iran : Province) — Earthquake effects — Drama

Motion picture producers and directors — Iran — Drama

Fathers and sons — Iran — Drama

Schoolboys — Iran — Drama

Iran — Social life and customs — Drama

Fathers and sons

Manners and customs

Motion picture producers and directors

Schoolboys

Iran

Iran — Gīlān (Province)

Genres:

Motion pictures

Drama

Feature films

Fiction films

Road films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A; mono.

Performers:

Cast: Farhad Kheradmand, Pouya Payvar, Hossein Rezai.

Production Credits:

Director of photography, Homayoun Payvar ; editors, Abbas Kiarostami, Changiz Sayad.

General Notes:

Released as part of the Koker trilogy : three films by Abbas Kiarostami.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Wide screen (1.66:1).
Special features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray; new audio commentary featuring Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum, coauthors of Abbas Kiarostami; Abbas Kiarostami: Truths and Dreams, a 1994 documentary; new interview with scholar Hamid Naficy; new English subtitle translation.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; sound

Film Characteristics:

wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

ZEN 1992 BLU

ISBNs:

9781681436265
1681436264

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515234016 (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion: CC3063BD-2 (disc)
Publisher Number, Criterion: CC3063BD (set)

OCLC Numbers:

1117344365