Arts & Humanities Journal|IJAH

Title: CLOSE-UP: BLURRED THE LINE BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION
Authors: Shaolin Shaon
Volume:3 Issue: 9
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Shaolin Shaon University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
MLA 8 Shaon, Shaolin. "CLOSE-UP: BLURRED THE LINE BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 3, no. 9, Sept. 2019, pp. 365-368, journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=27. Accessed Sept. 2019. APA Shaon, S. (2019, September). CLOSE-UP: BLURRED THE LINE BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 3(9), 365-368. Retrieved from journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=27 Chicago Shaon, Shaolin. "CLOSE-UP: BLURRED THE LINE BETWEEN DOCUMENTARY AND FICTION." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 3, no. 9 (September 2019), 365-368. Accessed September, 2019. journal-ijah.org/more2019.php?id=27.
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Keywords: BLURRED, DOCUMENTARY, FICTION, FILM
Abstract: "Close-up" is one of the notable creations in Iranian film history for being ambiguous in nature. Before analyzing, whether it's a documentary or a fiction we should know what the difference between documentary and fiction is. The clearest distinction between the two is their relationship with the reality. A fiction film tells a story that is not connected directly to any incident of the real world, or at least not in the form it is represented. On the contrary, a documentary, however, represents something that is based on the reality (Bakker, 2002). Abbas Kiarostami has played successfully with these two forms to create a curiosity among his Iranian audience as well as European and American audiences. Although "Close-up" could be considered a documentary, many of the scenes dramatized the reenactments of real events and performed by the very same people that were involved in the original events. After having a look at the brief overview of the plot it will be easier to focus on the reenactment of fiction and the reality of documentary.
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