14 ekim 10, yonetmenin izledigim ikinci filmi & kirostami'nin sinema dilini cok seviyorum. bu film hakkinda soylenecek pek bir sey yok gibi.. yalin, derin ve etkili. olmasi gerektigi gibi.

Bleak and sensitive by turns, this is a deceptively tender portrait of human nature.

Mr.Badii is planning to commit suicide and desperately seeks anyone to assist him.

So well rounded addressing Badii's fear without ever bringing it up too obviously, looking at people's reactions and their attempts to stop him, capturing his desperation yet ever so subtly. The ending of the story is stunningly handled and haunting, though unfortunately the film undoes its power with an epilogue scene that breaks the fourth wall and in doing so undermines the emotional struggle Badii went through.

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Dude picks up a guy that kinda looks like Manny Pacquiao. It'd be funny if he picked up Dirk Diggler.

I couldn't connect with the character because of how ultimately irrational the plot is. If he's already in the position to kill himself, why does it matter what happens to the body? Why does he seek anybody's help to begin with? As for everything else, it's meandering and doesn't offer anything new. I didn't like it.

With patience, this turned into a thoughtful meditation on life and death. The epilogue will divide people, but it made sense to me after thinking about it; the original was accidental destroyed according to the documentary 10 On Ten, which makes the one on the film even more fitting in its potential meaning.

Aesthetically, it's absolutely striking. The story itself is stretched a little thin, but it resolves itself rather spectacularly. Count me as one who loved the coda.

I didn't think it was hard to get into, really, found it quite engaging all the way. Like Close-Up, this film has a deeply humanist quality to it that is very appealing. I like the deliberate style as well and Ershadi is phenomenal. The young military man was also very memorable, but then all the people he came in contact with were great. In short, a lot to like. Apart from the ending. Haven't fully digested it yet, but instinctively was very skeptical of the fact that he went _there_.

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