24 Frames - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)

24 Frames - Criterion Collection (Blu-ray)For what would prove to be his final film, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami gave himself a challenge: to create a dialogue between his work as a filmmaker and his work as a photographer, bridging the two art forms to which he had dedicated his life. Setting out to reconstruct the moments immediately before and after a photograph is taken, Kiarostami selected twenty four still imagesmost of them stark landscapes inhabited only by foraging birds and

Plus: An essay by film scholar James Quandt

where her writerly ambitions receive little encouragement

From the Golden Age of Hollywood in the 1930s to the streaming wars of today

A little black girl opens her eyes in 1930s Harlem

And just as you think you've nailed down a certainty

The author’s love of poetry suffuses this insightful book—a volume for all readers interested in a fresh introduction to the art that lies at the centre of Western civilisation

Equal parts historian and anthropologist

drawing upon his extensive writings

Archival television footage about the film

All tracks have been newly remastered from 96kHz 24-bit transfers of the original analog tapes by original album engineer Bob Weston

his partner in mischief

The floors we pace and the demons we face - the stories of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout Taylor’s life