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Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian Director
Born: Jun 22, 1940
Died: Jul 4, 2016
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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you. Abbas Kiarostami
You Darkness Total Poetry Still
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
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I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth. Abbas Kiarostami
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The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual. Abbas Kiarostami
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The world is my workshop. It is not my home. Abbas Kiarostami
Home World Workshop
The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free. Abbas Kiarostami
Day Will Free Out Run Iran Petrol
To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa. Abbas Kiarostami
Me Country Every AIDS Visa Affected Discussed Unfortunately Epidemic Require International Therefore International Level Level
I have no advice for anyone on how to live. Abbas Kiarostami
Advice Live How Anyone
From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing. Abbas Kiarostami
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Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved. Abbas Kiarostami
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I think violence can never be justified. Abbas Kiarostami
Think Never Justified Violence
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. Abbas Kiarostami
Life Real Life Would Never Attract Audience Real Impose Just Film Violence
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is. Abbas Kiarostami
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I think I really produce my best work in Iran. Abbas Kiarostami
Work Best Think Best Work Iran Produce Really
I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself. Abbas Kiarostami
Myself Reflect Never Experienced Which Convey
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
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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
Beginning Sit Own Patient Down Films Enough Everybody My Own Never Knows Am End Actually Watch
I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality. Abbas Kiarostami
Beautiful Technically Films Say How Impressed Any Watch
Usually when I write a script, I have in mind some real people that I'm writing about, who don't always act in the film afterward. Abbas Kiarostami
People Writing Mind Some About Write Always Real Real People Afterwards Script Act Who Film
As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us. Abbas Kiarostami
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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it. Abbas Kiarostami
You Politician Visa Iran Quickly Get Ask Businessman
I don't know whether it is fortunate or unfortunate, but I have no such thing as national pride. I don't feel proud that I am Iranian. I happen to be who I am. Abbas Kiarostami
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Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you. Abbas Kiarostami
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I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political. Abbas Kiarostami
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