A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMIIf we’re not going to take full advantage of digital, then 35mm is a better medium. Especially for shooting dramas – I have no problem with 35mm.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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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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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They’re not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is not very interesting to them.
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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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I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football are the same wherever you go.
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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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In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.
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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 have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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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 only thing that I can do is hold a mirror in front of men and women, in front of the viewer in the theater, to reflect. There is nothing but reflection that I could intend to offer the viewer of the film.
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I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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