Tarbiat Modares University The International Journal of Humanities 2538-2640 17 2 2010 06 01 Kiarostami’s Unfinished Cinema and its Postmodern Reflections سینمای ناتمام کیارستمی و بازتاب‌های پسامدرن آن 23 37 17685 EN Mohammad Jafar Yousefian Kenari Faculty of Arts, Tarbiat Modares University Mostafa Mokhtabad-Amrei Faculty of Arts, Tarbiat Modares University Journal Article Kiarostami’s unfinished cinema emphasizes the importance of audiences’ involvement in a movie by using postmodern images. Some essential points of critically reading his, so-called half-created cinema, could be summarized as self-reflexive style, diagrammatical perspectives, in-between narratives,and Individual minimalism. The main postmodern achievement of this cinema is focusing on the process of creating meaning through the experience of film. Furthermore, the close-ups function as separate independent units that are constantly generating their implicit affections. In this respect, Kiarostami’s unusual works are interpretable by Deleuze’ some neologism like affection-image. The films are some affective micro-dramas formed in a gap between the audiences’ receptions and the close-ups. Despite their postmodern reflections, unfinished movies have no strict disciplines that may limit the process of creating meaning. This paper attempts to present a new approach of reading Kiarostami as an increasing global interest. https://eijh.modares.ac.ir/article_17685_f691ead601631590e70a47def3ad8f3a.pdf