I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIIn my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they should be grateful for the little bit of information I give them.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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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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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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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.
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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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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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I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe one answer was wrong, I remembered that I rather stop knowing, stop thinking about it, appreciating life instead.
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I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.
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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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Close-Up has affected later films that I’ve made.
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We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller.
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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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It’s not so much a question of whether we’ve shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.
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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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