I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It would challenge her performance as a professional actress.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIThis was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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Therefore, when you see the end result, it’s difficult to see who’s the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors – we just manage the situation.
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We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
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If it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.
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The [Iranian] government grapples with more important issues and we can maybe say that these films don’t really exist for them. It’s not about whether they like it or don’t; it’s just not very important to them.
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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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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I didn’t just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.
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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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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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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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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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A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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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.
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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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All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what’s inside of all of us.
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