The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free. Abbas Kiarostami More Quotes by Abbas Kiarostami More Quotes From Abbas Kiarostami I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life. Abbas Kiarostami shapes ambition thinking My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life. Abbas Kiarostami perception expression way I do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition. Abbas Kiarostami omission creation believe 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 my work! Abbas Kiarostami selfish marketing mean I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does. Abbas Kiarostami contentment doe giving What I am trying to say is that it is not without any value. The value of copies is that they can direct us towards the original. I was recently at the Louvre Museum and I was filming people who were viewing the Mona Lisa. I noticed the number of ordinary people, astonished, mouths agape, standing still for long stretches looking at the work, and I wondered, "Where does this come from? Are these people all art connoisseurs?" They are like me; through the years, we've seen this work in our schoolbooks or art history books, but when we stand before the original, we hold our breath. Abbas Kiarostami book years art People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided that the seats in the theaters have been made to transform people's minds to lazy minds. Abbas Kiarostami curiosity understanding people I have no advice for anyone on how to live. Abbas Kiarostami advice The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain. Abbas Kiarostami uncertain real love-is In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one. Abbas Kiarostami good-movie mind fiction Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time. Abbas Kiarostami grandchildren opportunity giving Not that I ever felt the necessity of proving that all human beings suffer the same way, feel joy the same way, but it happened on my way - when I get close to these people, just by the simple intervention of translation I can actually reach them and ask them something, and their reaction is as I expected. I see that the relationship goes so smoothly, and I realize that cultural languages and specificities are nothing but simple obstacles that you can easily overcome. It's obvious that human beings are the same wherever they are. Abbas Kiarostami simple joy people In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture. Abbas Kiarostami universal order culture I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself. Abbas Kiarostami I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all. Abbas Kiarostami taken sleep fall 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 either. But I cannot justify or accept any violence at all. Abbas Kiarostami justified violence thinking I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death. Abbas Kiarostami film directors people When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness. Abbas Kiarostami emptiness finals looks I never really learned photography. Abbas Kiarostami photography 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
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