The Criterion Collection has added two more titles to its June Blu-ray slate, which will join the three movies recently announced (see blu-ray.com,
March 15). The studio will release
Close-up (
Nema-ye Nazdik, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990) on June 22 and
Everlasting Moments (
Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick, Jan Troell, 2008) on June 29.
Special features are as follows:
Close-up:
- Audio commentary by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum, authors of Abbas Kiarostami
- The Traveler, a notable early feature by director Abbas Kiarostami
- "Close-up" Long Shot, a forty-five-minute documentary on Close-up's central figure, Hossein Sabzian, five years after Kiarostami's film
- A Walk with Kiarostami (2003), a thirty-two minute documentary portrait of the director by Iranian film professor Jamsheed Akram
- New video interview with Kiarostami
- A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Godfrey Cheshire
Everlasting Moments:
- Jan Troell's Magic Mirror, an hour-long documentary about Troell's life and career
- Short documentary on the making of Everlasting Moments, featuring interviews with Troell, cast, and crew
- Documentary featuring photographs by the real Maria Larsson, accompanied by narration telling her story
- Theatrical trailer
- A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White