Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It’s a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn’t really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIDespite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitivities of how to best use the medium.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life.
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I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.
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In my experience as a director, I think there is obviously something of the way men – maybe that’s a common point with Shirin – the way men see women in the film, and the way these two characters see each other.
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If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that’s very much what I’d prefer to do.
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My car is my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We’re in the most comfortable seats because we’re not facing each other, but sitting side by side.
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It’s not so much a question of whether we’ve shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.
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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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I don’t like reverse-angle shots – I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.
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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 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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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
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The one-word cinema wasn’t possible for me anymore. I’d hit a wall, a dead end. Therefore I thought I’d turn back.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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