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Originally Posted by danas  Doesnt he die at the end of "Taste of Cherry"? Anyway in the film "Ten" by the same Iranian director no one dies or falls in love, great film too |
Never seen any of his other works, but I'm sure they'd be worth checking out. TEN though actually sounded like it might be boring to me. I like interesting camera work and it sounds like he just parked the DV cam on the dashboard. I loved how "Taste of Cherry" alternated between the stark beauty of Tehran's outer industrial landscapes, with the claustrophobic interior of the vehicle. Simple but effective. Others though, might not care as much as I do about this kind of thing.
as for whether or not the protagonist in TOC died, well I'll give away the ending, sorta
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I don't believe there is any indication that he died. There is no indication that he lived either though. We think we are going to find out but all we see is the "behind the scenes" video footage of the actor, cameraman, director, extras, etc. What I think the filmmaker was trying to express was the very thin division between the artificiality of film, and the reality of life. Or symbolically, the thin line between that separates life and death. Or to be even more specific, the thin line the decision to live, and the decision to die. It's a fairly controversial ending; some love it, others hate it. Me, I'm undecided. I think he could have expressed the same thing without being so obvious, ie; he could have just showed the protagonist taking the pills and lying in the grave and ending it ambiguously. On the other hand, I think that would have been kind of a cop out, and going the direction that he did, he amplified the gravity of the situation into something more "real" than it would have been otherwise.