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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, ‘Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.’ That’s not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

Abbas Kiarostami

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Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can’t believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I’m interested in.

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can’t believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I’m interested in.
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Cinema Interested
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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Cinema Grandchildren
I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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Allen Make Woody
When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit.

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When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit.
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Another Rooted Transfer
It’s not so much a question of whether we’ve shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

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It’s not so much a question of whether we’ve shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.
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Accept Audience Digital Real Shot Video
As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

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As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.
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Long Responsibility
I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe one answer was wrong, I remembered that I rather stop knowing, stop thinking about it, appreciating life instead.

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I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe one answer was wrong, I remembered that I rather stop knowing, stop thinking about it, appreciating life instead.
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Answer Clue Exam
Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.

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Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.
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Enjoy Listener Listening More Teller
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what’s inside of all of us.

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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what’s inside of all of us.
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Despite Differences Race Retrospectively
I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.

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I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.
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All End Hair
Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it’s sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something.

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Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it’s sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something.
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Independent Marlon Brando
My car’s my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We’re in the most comfortable seats because we’re not facing each other, but sitting side by side.
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Best Friend Intimate Location
With the RED, I didn’t have this impression at all. I felt that it was as heavy as a film camera. Having this great crew, with the DP and his assistants, I found it making as much of an impression as a very big film camera.
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Assistant Camera DP heavy Red Shooting
Close-Up has affected later films that I’ve made.

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Close-Up has affected later films that I’ve made.
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Affected Close up Made
The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They’re not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.

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The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They’re not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.
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Cinema Iranian Perhaps
If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
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Businessman Iran Politician Quickly

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, ‘Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.’ That’s not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

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