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Bahman Ghobadi
Iranian
Diplomat
Born:
Feb 1
,
1969
About
Made
Me
Music
People
You
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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 life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope.
Bahman Ghobadi
Life
Hope
Myself
People
New Life
Energy
Believe
Once
See
Born
Given
Only
Feel
New
Like
Been
Child
Full
Used
Reborn
Now
I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way.
Bahman Ghobadi
Myself
You
People
Try
Control
Way
East
Out
Lies
Corruptions
Something
Something People
Countries
Come
Most
Suppress
Another
Islamic
Another Way
Answer
Often
Middle
Middle East
Social
Ask
Why
I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's why it's almost like a complex in me that I want to explode myself in my films.
Bahman Ghobadi
Education
Myself
Me
Welfare
Films
Complex
Proper
Almost
Like
Want
Explode
Why
Things
I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music.
Bahman Ghobadi
Love
Music
Come
Region
Base
I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
Bahman Ghobadi
Music
Censorship
About
Could
Never
Make
Because
Around
Always
Wanted
Loved
Film
I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
Bahman Ghobadi
Music
World
Made
Long
Seen
Films
Tehran
Music World
Some
Minutes
About
More
Only
Had
Most
Documentaries
Underground
Always
Were
Wondered
Short
Flaw
Them
Really
Why
Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.
Bahman Ghobadi
Me
Regret
Films
More
Only
Underground
Documents
Making
Historical
The Only Thing
Them
Actually
Thing
Bringing
For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
Bahman Ghobadi
Food
Me
Phone
Better
Looking
Controlling
Live
Worrying
About
Poisoning
Over
Without
Maybe
Shoulder
Your
Who
I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
Bahman Ghobadi
Music
Censorship
Atmosphere
About
Make
Very
Wanted
Interested
Much
Film
Specifically
I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories come to me, and I just record them.
Bahman Ghobadi
Music
Me
Travel
Eyes
World
Record
Over
Come
Another
Close
Just
Stories
After
Them
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
Bahman Ghobadi
Work
Good
Wait
Looking
Approval
Having
Over
Feels
Freely
Make
Without
Years
Very
Script
Shoulder
Your
Film
In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director.
Bahman Ghobadi
Me
Director
Made
Difficult
Those
Bitter
Lifestyles
Witnessing
Lot
Wars
Hardship
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