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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

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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Dark Element Light Painting Pointed Referred Use
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 Lost Picture Shoot
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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Bad Distinction Documentary Fiction Good Good Movie Mind Movie
I don’t have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no notes until I find the character who’s in my mind in reality.
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Character Film General Mind Outline Reality Script
A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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Art Audience Exist Outside Perception Work
Directors don’t always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
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Always Create Demand Destroy Director
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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Audience Back Director Film Looks Film Managed Surprised
I’m not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.
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Aspect Different Expansive Extensive Iran Place Reality Show
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 Film Make Matter Thinking Woody
I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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Camera Digital Thinker Thinking Use
As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
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Consumer Fed Information Moron People Theater
In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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Culture Order Own Rooted Universal
It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it’s not something predetermined – it all depends on what project we have in mind, and on that basis we choose the medium.
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Digital Film Maker Mind Predetermined Something Thinking Working
I didn’t just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.
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Condemned Death Director Film People
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I’m just marketing my work!
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Marketing Mean Movie Selfish Work
I believe there’s only good cinema and bad cinema.
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Bad Believe Cinema Good Only

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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