http://screenville.blogspot.com/2007/09/erice-kiarostami.html
This is a short film made by Víctor Erice as a letter to Abbas Kiarostami for the art exhibition "Correspondances" which is travelling around the world.
Since this is the only text that appears in the film, besides the "Dear Kiarostami", I will translate, it is a poem by Omar Jayyam fromt he book "Robaiyyat":
As children we assisted teacher's classes,
then we were teachers, and this gave us joy,
what became of us, the words tell us:
we sprouted from the earth and the wind carried us.
Here is more information on the exhibition:
The meeting of two contemporary masters : what a perfect cinephilic event in all imaginable ways. Their full filmography will be screened over 4 months which is a rare occasion in itself, as their films are usually hard-to-see. It's always admirable when artists are celebrated at this level before passing away. This exhbition was first created in Barcelona in February 2006 by Alain Bergala and Jordi Ballo. Then moved to Madrid, now Paris. Australia booked it, and it will probably tour around the world. The presence of these filmmakers will be the major asset of this exceptional event to dialogue with eachother and with the public. Two conferences will be broadcasted live online!
1) El Jardin del Pintor (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, 22 april 2005, 9'30"
2) Mashhad (Kiarostami/Iran) AK to VE, 5 Sept 2005, 10'
3) Arroyo de la Luz (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, 22 Oct 2005, 20'18"
4) The Quince (Kiarostami/Iran) AK to VE, dec 2005, 12'
5) José (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, 18 Jun 2006, 7'19"
6) Sea Mail (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, 10 aug 2006, 3'49"
7) A Rainy Day (Kiarostami/Iran) AK to VE, 11 mar 2007, 11'10"
8) A la deriva (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, sep 2006 - mar 2007, 13'24"
9) Treasure Map (Kiarostami/Iran) AK to VE, apr 2007, 7'23"
10) Escrito en el agua (Erice/Spain) VE to AK, may 2007, 2'35"
Accompaning these videos, an exhibition of multimedia works by the two artists around the themes they have in common : childhood, landscape, roads, trees, silence... Notably there will be an artificial forest scenographied by Kiarostami himself. As well as their latest short films : Roads of Kiarostami (2006/Kiarostami), made for the Korean festival, and La Morte Rouge (2006/Erice), made for the original exhibition in Barcelona. The good news is also that Victor Erice is currently working on a new series of films called "Memories and Dream"!
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