Shots From the Canon #11: The ‘Koker’ Trilogy (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987–1994)

Every week or so, filmmaker and writer Robert Greene will attempt to push for a new canon of cinematic nonfiction.

There was a moment when I first saw the second film in Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy, Life and Nothing More, in which I could have sworn the projectionist had misplaced a reel. When it was over, I was so transported by the film and its us…