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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.

Abbas Kiarostami

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I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.

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I saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.
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Anxiety English Familiar Responsibility
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 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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Based Note
I’ve often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it’s inside a frame.

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I’ve often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it’s inside a frame.
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Frame Front Often
The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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Day Free Iran Petrol Running
Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.

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Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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Non Actor Own REquired Thing
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 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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Copy Long Report
A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

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A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.
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Camera Digital Doe Making Video
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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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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Friend Intimate Location
I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don’t use my camera anymore as a camera. I don’t feel it as a camera.

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I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don’t use my camera anymore as a camera. I don’t feel it as a camera.
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Anymore Camera Changed Digital Filmmaker
I’m not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.

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I’m not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.
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Aspect Expansive Extensive Iran
When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I’ve met in real life.

ABBAS KIAROSTAMI

When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I’ve met in real life.
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Know Not Real Well
Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if their neighbors are siblings or a couple, how old they are, what their occupation is.

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Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if their neighbors are siblings or a couple, how old they are, what their occupation is.
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Curtain Neighbour Sibling
I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.

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I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.
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Addition Omission Robert
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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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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Actors End Director Ultimately
As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

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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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Consumer Fed Moron Theater
I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.

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I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.
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Complication Expression Perception

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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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