Abbas Kiarostami is a prodigious cinematographer. In his hands, a film is not simply a sequence of images, but a poetic portrayal of man's inner feelings and the world around him. Kiarostami takes viewers to a higher plane--to introspect on life. One of his greatest works, which has since become a subject of endless discussion, is Taste of Cherry, a film that earned him a Gold Palm Award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. Taste of Cherry is