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I believe there’s only good cinema and bad cinema.

Abbas Kiarostami

If it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.
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Country Fruit Good Nature Original Rule
I think that if you’re a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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Camera Digital Thinker Thinking Use
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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First Life Mood Partner Real Word
I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
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Best Iran Produce Really Thinking Work
As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
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Consumer Fed Information Moron People Theater
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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Ask Businessman Iran Politician Quickly
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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Marketing Mean Movie Selfish Work
Directors don’t always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
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Always Create Demand Destroy Director
When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I’ve met in real life.
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Character Know Not People Real Well
As 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.
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Benefit Common Culture Difference Film Ground Important Politician
I do believe in [Robert] Bresson’s method of creation through omission, not through addition.
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Addition Believe Creation Omission Robert
A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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Human Being Humanity Movie
Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it’s sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something.
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Character Children Independent Interesting Marlon Brando Strong
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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Another Bear Country Fruit Ground Place Rooted Thinking Transfer Tree
Good cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can’t believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I’m interested in.
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Believe Cinema Good Interested
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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Cinema Lazy Life People Punctuation Seat

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