It’s true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMII wasn’t searching for a common denominator – I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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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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Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can’t limit it to one particular culture.
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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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In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
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Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if their neighbors are siblings or a couple, how old they are, what their occupation is.
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Silence doesn’t seem heavy or difficult.
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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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It’s very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them.
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The only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.
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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 think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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Anything I’ve not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.
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