A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMI
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.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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A work of art doesn’t exist outside the perception of the audience.
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I wasn’t searching for a common denominator – I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking.
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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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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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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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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally acceptable. I’m not the only one.
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I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater. Some films have made me doze off in the theater, but the same films have made me stay up at night, wake up thinking about them in the morning, and keep on thinking about them for weeks.
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I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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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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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I did not have a script [of Close Up]. I made notes in the evenings and we filmed during the day over 40 days.I didn’t sleep a wink for those 40 nights.
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