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I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

Abbas Kiarostami

People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats in the theaters have been made to transform people’s minds to lazy minds.
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Cinema Curiosity Director Intelligence Interest Peer People Producer Understanding
A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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Art Audience Exist Outside Perception Work
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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Copy Long Men Report Thinking Time
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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I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.
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As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that’s less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
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This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Human Being Humanity Movie
I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.
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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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There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he’s so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I’m not impressed by any technicality.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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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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This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.
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In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.
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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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I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

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I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.

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