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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

Abbas Kiarostami

There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are “like” someone in love sounds right.
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Certainties Dark Death Define Existence Harder Life Thinking
I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Best Iran Produce Really Thinking Work
I believe there’s only good cinema and bad cinema.
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Bad Believe Cinema Good Only
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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Deny Despite Differences Nation Race Ray Retrospectively Temporary World
I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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Enjoy Listening Mind Remember Story
I’m still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn’t have this feeling with the RED one.
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Camera Digital Feelings General Grateful Red
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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Another Bear Country Fruit Ground Place Rooted Thinking Transfer Tree
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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Fashion Hold Hope Look Men Opinion Relationship
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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Ask Businessman Iran Politician Quickly
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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Car Film Friend Home Intimate Location Office
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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Challenges Common Other Cultures
Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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Actor Non Actor Own REquired Thing
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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Action Camera Digital Doubt Light Produces Proud Video Year
I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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Advice Anyone Ask Live Option
The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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Camera Different Digital Filming Freedom Way
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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Couple Curtain Guess Neighbour People Sibling

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