About Quote by Abbas Kiarostami
“If you catch me coming out of a film, when I'm emotionally involved, I can tell you at that moment why I like it - but to talk about it years later is not logical to me.”
About This Quote
Source Film: Close-Up, Abbas Kiarostami, 1990
Immediate emotional immersion offers a clear, visceral reason for enjoyment, whereas later analysis loses that raw feeling.
In simple terms: Feeling it now is clearer than analyzing later.
Key Takeaway
Trust your immediate emotional response.
Themes
art
emotion
analysis
Mood
nostalgic
introspective
Type
critical
contemplative
When to use this quote
- film criticism
- personal reflection
- creative workshops
- teaching film theory
Key Concepts
aesthetic experience
subjective perception
temporal context
Questions to Reflect On
- Why do you revisit art after time?
- Can you capture the original emotion later?
A Different Perspective
Later analysis may over‑intellectualize and miss original feeling.
![“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 point during the screening. I snoozed twice, and this is something I couldn't have imagined that I would feel detached, as I did with this film [Certified Copy].” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/533/abbas-kiarostami-2631_anxious_it-was-a-film-that-i-knew-that-i-had-see_155328.jpg)
![“When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in…” quote by Abbas Kiarostami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/eb3/abbas-kiarostami-2631_audience_when-the-film-certified-copy-was-in-the_200718.jpg)
