Eclipse Series 47: ABBAS KIAROSTAMI: Early Shorts and Features: Orderly or Disorderly (1981)

KIAROSTAMI, Abbas (Iran)

Orderly or Disorderly [1981]
Eclipse Series 47
Blu-ray

The first shot shows students descending a staircase in calm, orderly fashion, then the second details the same action as a chaotic rush. Separated by slates and director Abbas Kiarostami’s voice intoning, “Sound, camera,” subsequent sequences describe the same dichotomous behavior in a schoolyard, on a school bus, and in the haphazard traffic of Tehran. Kiarostami described this as “a truly educational film,” but it plays more like a quirky philosophic aside.

17 minutes
Color

Monaural

in Persian

1:37:1 aspect ratio

Criterion Release 2025

Directors/Writer

Abbas Kiarostami was 41 when he wrote and directed Orderly or Disorderly.

Other Kiarostami films in the Collection:

Eclipse Series 47: Bread and Alley (1970)
Eclipse Series 47: Breaktime (1972)
Eclipse Series 47: Experience (1973)
Eclipse Series 47: The Traveler (1974)
Eclipse Series 47: Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)
Eclipse Series 47: So Can I (1975)
Eclipse Series 47: Colors (1976)
Eclipse Series 47: A Wedding Suit (1976)
Eclipse Series 47: Tribute to Teachers (1977)
Eclipse Series 47: Solution No. 1 (1978)
Eclipse Series 47: First Case, Second Case (1979)
Eclipse Series 47: Toothache (1980)

Eclipse Series 47: The Chorus (1982)

Eclipse Series 47: Fellow Citizen (1983)

Eclipse Series 47: First Graders (1984)

#990: Where is the Friend's House? (1987)

Eclipse Series 47: Homework (1989)

#519: Close-up (1990)

#991: And Life Goes On (1992)

#992: Through the Olive Trees (1994)

#45: Taste of Cherry (1997)

#1261: The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

#612: Certified Copy (2010)

#708: Like Someone in Love (2012}

#956: 24 Frames (2017)

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