Kendrick, James, 1974-Ewing, James Blake.2013-09-162013-09-162013-052013-09-16Ewing, James Blake. “Fiction Criticizing Reality: Abbas Kiarostami and the Cracked Windshield of Cinema.” CINEJ Cinema Journal 3.1 (2013): 28-46. Web. http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/cinej/article/view/77http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8744This thesis is an exploration of the film works of Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami. It argues that his films constitute a body of work that serves as a self-reflexive critique of cinema. Through both documentary and fiction film-making, Kiarostami complicates the clear divide between reality and fiction in film-making by blending both realities and fictions into his film. Through the use of ambiguity, Kiarostami complicates the authorial claim of a writer/director claims, implicating the audience in the generation of meaning. Several of his films also explore the apparatus of the camera and the act of film-making. In these films he demonstrates how the camera is not a passive, objective observer, but an active tool that shapes and reforms the reality it captures.en-USBaylor University theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact librarywebmaster@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.Iranian cinema.Motion pictures.Reflexivity.Kiarostami, Abbas.ThesisWorldwide access.Access changed 7/12/18.