Filmmaker Quote by Bahman Ghobadi

“Im free - but Im also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.”

Bahman Ghobadi

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I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.

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I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories…

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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.

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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a…

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For me, its better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.

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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship…

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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream;…

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Lying and corruption are in the Iranian society in all sense of the world, and if you do research about married women, you see…

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I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are…

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I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of…

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In Kurdistan, theres a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made…

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I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new…

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