Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself,… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
My last experience of film-making was Tickets, a three-episode film in Italy, the third of which is directed by myself. It's not… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
It is a very important film, Life And Nothing More, in that what was filmed was inspired by a journey I had… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theater. Some films have made me doze off in the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
In my experience as a director, I think there is obviously something of the way men - maybe that's a common point… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think the contrast between these two in the professional world of cinema mattered to me. One who has reached the ultimate… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The kind of sleep that I had during my own film [Certified Copy] screening in Cannes is different. It's not because of… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
When I met Akira Kurosawa in Japan, one question he asked me was, "How did you actually make the children act the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don't use… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
When I'm in the process of making a movie I'm not thinking about the finished result, and whether people have to see… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
The Iranian government as a whole has no relationship with my films. They're not particularly interested, perhaps this kind of cinema is… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
A good movie is made by an initial burst of energy, the way that, when you are in school, your class exercises… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society,… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think, just as footballers play better at home, maybe film-makers, too, create better at home, even though the rules of football… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I don't have very complete scripts for my films. I have a general outline and a character in my mind, and I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
I think violence can never be justified. At the same time, nobody’s culture or beliefs should be insulted, that’s not something I can accept… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
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… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
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… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
It was a film that I knew, that I had seen, that I was familiar with, but I wasn't anxious about it at any… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
I never intended to write poems, nor to be a photographer, nor to be a film-maker. I just took many, many pictures and I… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share
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