Two Solutions For One Problem
Dir: Abbas Kiarostami
1975
****
Abbas Kiarostami's simple short film made in 1975 has become fairly infamous in recent years. It is the perfect anti-conflict film, stripped down to the basics so that even a young child will understand. It has a classroom lesson feels about it, indeed it takes place in a classroom, but it is aimed at adults just as much as it is at children. The scoreboard of what conflict actually achieves is a particularly effective touch.