Directors don’t always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIIn my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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I don’t generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.
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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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I have somewhat lost my enthusiasm in the last years. Mainly because film students using digital video these days have not really produced anything which is more than superficial or simplistic; so I have my doubts.
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In real life, when someone’s partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.
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Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, ‘Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.’ That’s not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
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Close-Up has affected later films that I’ve made.
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As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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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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I only make notes, I don’t write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.
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I can only display what I’ve been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn’t deserve this heritage.
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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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Silence doesn’t seem heavy or difficult.
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I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all.
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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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