I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera. Abbas Kiarostami More Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami More Quotes From Abbas Kiarostami It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real. Abbas Kiarostami video important real Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film. Abbas Kiarostami film way thinking Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do. Abbas Kiarostami down-and patient watches A work of art doesn't exist outside the perception of the audience. Abbas Kiarostami works-of-art perception art In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they should be grateful for the little bit of information I give them. Abbas Kiarostami grateful real people Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands. Abbas Kiarostami demand directors 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 life-is way thinking I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera. Abbas Kiarostami cameras believe kids As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information. Abbas Kiarostami information theater people I remember when I came out of an exam thinking I had done well and then I had a clue that maybe one answer was wrong, I remembered that I rather stop knowing, stop thinking about it, appreciating life instead. So first, it was just a memory. But then I realized that in life, it's a much more general sentiment - that instead of waiting for other people's judgment, I'd rather focus on my own feelings, that everything is fine. To go on with my life rather than anticipating other people's judgements that might be negative. Abbas Kiarostami appreciate memories thinking Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it. Abbas Kiarostami subjects feels looks I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person. Abbas Kiarostami notes dialogue writing This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark. And it's something that we do - we bring out elements that we want to emphasise. Abbas Kiarostami light use dark I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema. Abbas Kiarostami i-believe cinema believe There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are "like" someone in love sounds right. Abbas Kiarostami dark love-is thinking I did not have a script [of Close Up]. I made notes in the evenings and we filmed during the day over 40 days.I didn't sleep a wink for those 40 nights. I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair. Abbas Kiarostami hair sleep night Children are very strong and independent characters and can come up with more interesting things than Marlon Brando, and it's sometimes very difficult to direct or order them to do something. Abbas Kiarostami strong character children 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 cameras would-be doe 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 sibling couple people Whether you consider me a master filmmaker or not, I do it with my intuition and my vision, my experience as a storyteller. Abbas Kiarostami intuition vision masters
