Mohsen Makhmalbaf Quotes

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• The style depends on the subject.
• Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.
• It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But then not just Sabzian—many other…
• I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons,…
• From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to…
• When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like…
• Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity.
• But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.
• The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.
• Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country…
• Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell…
• From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films…
• I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it…
• I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.
• I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do…
• If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way.
• In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days…
• The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan?…
• When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to…
• There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.

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