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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 Kiarostami

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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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Enjoy Listening Mind Remember Story
Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.
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America Cinema Critics Few Iran More People Unfortunately
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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Character Children Independent Interesting Marlon Brando Strong
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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Consider Filmmaker Intuition Master Storyteller Vision
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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Choice Long Possible Responsibility Right
The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.
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Experience Life Love More Real Teach Uncertain
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 opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
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Fashion Hold Hope Look Men Opinion Relationship
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
A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Human Being Humanity Movie
Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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Actor Non Actor Own REquired Thing
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 Bear Country Fruit Ground Place Rooted Thinking Transfer Tree
While shooting Ten I was sitting in the backseat, but I didn’t interfere. Sometimes, I was following in another car, so I was not even present on the “set”, because I thought they would work better in my absence.
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Backseat Car Interfere Present Shooting Sitting Ten
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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Camera Digital Feelings General Grateful Red
I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football are the same wherever you go.
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Better Football Footballer Home Rule Thinking
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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Death Earthquake Film Influence Issue Issues Life Recur

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