The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIAs film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that’s less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Anything I’ve not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.
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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.
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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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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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I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all.
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It’s very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them.
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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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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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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that’s my perception of life.
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I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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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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I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.
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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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