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In my mind, there isn’t as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

Abbas Kiarostami

Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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Actor Non Actor Own REquired Thing
I think that in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives
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Able Accept Acknowledge Illusion Moving State Thinking
I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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Advice Anyone Ask Live Option
I don’t generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.
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Silence doesn’t seem heavy or difficult.
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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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Camera Different Digital Filming Freedom Way
In real life, when someone’s partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.
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First Life Mood Partner Real Word
Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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I’ve often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it’s inside a frame.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life.
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Complication Expression Life Mystery Perception Way
The [Iranian] government grapples with more important issues and we can maybe say that these films don’t really exist for them. It’s not about whether they like it or don’t; it’s just not very important to them.
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I don’t like reverse-angle shots – I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.
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I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.
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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end – I never do.
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I’m still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn’t have this feeling with the RED one.
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Camera Digital Feelings General Grateful Red
I really haven’t seen The Report in a long time. I don’t have a copy, but I’ll have to see it again. I think it would be good to put both these men next to each other.
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In my mind, there isn’t as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

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