My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMII have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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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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We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
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The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.
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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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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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I believe there’s only good cinema and bad cinema.
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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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I 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.
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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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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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Anything I’ve not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.
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Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.
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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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I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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