Abbas Kiarostami’s The Wind Will Carry Us in a Biblical Context
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Słowa kluczowe

Abbas Kiarostami
The Wind Will Carry Us
Iranian cinema
religious cinema
Bible in cinema

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Szpulak, A. (2024). Abbas Kiarostami’s The Wind Will Carry Us in a Biblical Context. Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication, 36(45), 55–72. https://doi.org/10.14746/i.2024.36.45.3

Abstrakt

After outlining the state of research, the article presents an interpretation of Abbas Kiarostami’s film The Wind Will Carry Us (1999), made using the concept of mythic narrative developed by the author two decades ago. The author reconstructs the deep structure of the story and the mechanisms inscribed in it for the transformation of the main character, and his transition from the state of inner death to life. Taking advantage of its narrative openness and symbolic universality, he inscribes it in a close biblical context. He also considers this procedure legitimate because of the concept of “unfinished cinema” repeatedly presented and affirmed by the director.

https://doi.org/10.14746/i.2024.36.45.3
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