As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.
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 thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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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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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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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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I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I’m just marketing my work!
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I can only display what I’ve been nurtured with, which is this worldview which has become my view. If I displayed anything different from it in my work, I wouldn’t deserve this heritage.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Directors don’t always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
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In real life, when someone’s partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.
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Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can’t limit it to one particular culture.
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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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I don’t have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I make no notes until I find the character who’s in my mind in reality.
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