"All artists imbibe, consciously or unconsciously, the lessons of past masters. But when a film maker's roots are strong, and when tradition is a living reality, outside influence are bound to dwindle and disappear and indigenous styles evolve." Satyajit Ray quoted for Kurosawa and holds unconditionally true for Kiarostami. Words like fresh, reviving, philosophical, etc would merely be undermining Kiarostami's work. As a director, his approach is purely simplistic, unconventional and 'flowing'. I have seen three of his works - Close Up (1990), A taste of cherry (1997) and The wind will carry us (1999) and through these three films we observe a transition. A transition in directing styles, in what is being said & how is it said and a transition towards artistic perfection. Opening with a conversation inside a car (as most of his film), we see, vaguely, some views of people on ongoing politics, their stereotypical notions, body language of governmen