It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it’s not something predetermined – it all depends on what project we have in mind, and on that basis we choose the medium.
ABBAS KIAROSTAMII never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
More Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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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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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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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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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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I’m not sure that my films show the reality of life in Iran; we show different aspects of life. Iran is a very extensive and expansive place, and sometimes, even for us who live there, some of the realities are very hard to comprehend.
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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 in life, being is nothing but an illusion. If we acknowledge that and accept the fact that we are in between states, that we are moving, and this movement is the nature of our lives
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Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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It’s true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.
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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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Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.
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I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.
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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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