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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.

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.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

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

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.

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.

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

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

The day we run out of petrol ...

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

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.

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

When I talk to some of the yo...

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

Cinema seats make people lazy...

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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I prefer the countryside to c...

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.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

Film is very much a universal...

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

As film-makers, it is very im...

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.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

I film normal-life subjects i...

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

I spend a lot of time doing c...

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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My films have been progressin...

My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.

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Cinema gives you the opportun...

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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Whenever people ask me what t...

Whenever people ask me what the story is for my next film, I won't tell and people feel it's because I'm being secretive or something, but it's actually because I'm ashamed to sum up a film in three sentences.

Abbas Kiarostami 117 quotes

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