Talk:Cinematic style of Abbas Kiarostami/GA1

GA Reassessment

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Delisting This has been open since ~9 months now and appears to be abandoned by the original re assessor, so I am taking it over. The points below are valid and unaddressed so I am going to delist this now. Once the issues are addressed feel free to renominate it at WP:GAN. AIRcorn (talk) 23:12, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. I think this article in its present state does not fulfill the GA criteria:

It fails the first criteria, in that it 1) does not have a comprehensive lead section; 2) has awkwardly written prose, eg.

Though Abbas Kiarostami has been compared to Satyajit Ray, Vittorio de Sica, Eric Rohmer, and Jacques Tati, his films exhibit a singular style, often employing techniques of his own invention (the so-called "Kiarostamian style"). – tautological
Nevertheless, he continued experimenting with new modes of filming, using different directorial methods. – unprofessional, as well as unprecise
Kiarostami's cinema offers a different definition of film. – different to who/what?
As Kiarostami quoted in relation to his individual style of minimalism: – ungrammatical
In recent years he has also progressively trimmed down the size of his films, which Akrami believes reduces the film making experience from a collective endeavor to a purer, more basic form of artistic expression. – vague: size as is in length? Budget? Narrative?
Kiarostami's complex sound-images and philosophical approach have caused frequent comparisons with mystical filmmakers such as Andrei Tarkovsky and Robert Bresson – again, unprecise language: what do phrases like sound-images and mystical filmmakers mean in this context?
Differing viewpoints have arisen in this debate. – otiose sentence

It fails the second criteria, in that it has entire paragraphs that are unsourced. There is also a problem with close paraphrasing:

Article: When the protagonist reaches his grave, a black screen evokes his symbolic death, but the finality of this ending is undermined by the video sequences that follow, which show the actor playing Mr. Badiei lighting a cigarette and the film crew resting. Again, life goes on, but in an off-screen elsewhere.

Source: Just as the suicidal protagonist Mr. Badiei reaches his grave in Taste of Cherry, a black screen occurs which evokes ‘a symbolic death’, the finality of this ending undermined by the video sequences that follow which show the actor playing Mr. Badiei lighting a cigarette and the film crew resting (124). Again, life goes on, but in an off-screen elsewhere.

I hope these issues may be seen to. Gertanis (talk) 21:28, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Delist huge quote farming and the huge list of articles needs to be removed as well. Raymond3023 (talk) 17:40, 31 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
@Gertanis: This has been open for a long time now. Are you able to close it? AIRcorn (talk) 00:12, 26 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]