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In this type of cinema, wheth...

In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself to be directed by them, then the end result will be much more pleasing. The real and individual strengths of the actors is allowed to be expressed and is something that does affect the audience very deeply.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

To me, AIDS is an internation...

To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

A good movie is made by an in...

A good movie is made by an initial burst of energy, the way that, when you are in school, your class exercises are always better than your final projects.

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The day we run out of petrol ...

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

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I think life is so difficult ...

I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

Those same people, when they ...

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. They are curious about each other and they can understand each other without being fed information. Why should it be different in cinema?

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

In real life, when someone's ...

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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When I find the character, I ...

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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My car's my best friend. My o...

My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

In my mind, there isn't as mu...

In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

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Good cinema is what we can be...

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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There are certainties in exis...

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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I do believe that a film like...

I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

Close-Up is a very particular...

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.

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I think, just as footballers ...

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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Maybe more than a teller, I a...

Maybe more than a teller, I am a story listener. I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind. All of my films are a collection of small stories that have been told to me.

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I don't ask my students to ha...

I don't ask my students to have studied film or any education in general. What I ask them is to come and sit and tell me a story, and the way they choose it and tell it, for me, the best criteria for whether they are right for making films. There's nothing more important than being able to tell your story orally.

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I think being someone in love...

I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.

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The only thing that I can do ...

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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It's not so much a question o...

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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