<p>Cinema is on trial at the Drive-In Garage! Witness Franz and Paul overrule their own existence while looking at Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 fictitious fact finding mission CLOSE-UP! When a man named Hossein Sabzian pretends to be Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, his lies proliferate until exposure brings him before a judge, and Kiarostami's camera. What results is a film guilty of soul and invention.</p> <p>Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com</p>

Cinema is on trial at the Drive-In Garage! Witness Franz and Paul overrule their own existence while looking at Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 fictitious fact finding mission CLOSE-UP! When a man named Hossein Sabzian pretends to be Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, his lies proliferate until exposure brings him before a judge, and Kiarostami's camera. What results is a film guilty of soul and invention. Email: driveingarage@yahoo.com

CLOSE-UP (1990)

Enter the Drive-In Garage, pull up a chair, and join hosts Franz and Paul as they talk about the films they love, the films they like, and the films on their minds.

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