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After my grandmother passed away, I felt the urge to take my camera to her flat. I knew this flat from my childhood in Tel Aviv. Going to this flat was like going abroad; there was a real feeling of traveling across Tel Aviv and ending up in Berlin. Arnon Goldfinger

Let's say, 100 years ago, I'm not sure how many people had to empty out their relatives' homes; they just stayed in the same house, because they lived there. Nowadays, almost everyone, at least once in their life, somehow, has to deal with this experience. Arnon Goldfinger

Life Experience People Relatives Nowadays Everyone Once Say Out Stayed Somehow Had Almost Almost Everyone House Sure Empty Because Deal How How Many People Least Years Years Ago Same Just Many Lived Homes

My grandmother's apartment had significance for me, even as a child, and I was fascinated by that world that was disappearing. Arnon Goldfinger

Me World Significance Had Disappearing Child Apartment Grandmother Fascinated Even

I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey. I suppose this has to do with my need to leave no stone unturned, and sometimes to even dig deeper into the mine. Arnon Goldfinger

Journey Commitment Sometimes Long Unturned Every Dig Mine Long Journey Suppose Undertake Leave Stone View Even Film Deeper Need

Originally the film opened with Ryan in the doctor's office, being told his wife is dying. Then we see him walking the streets, and the story is told in flashback. Arthur Hiller

Doctor Wife See Opened Him His Walking Office Being Flashback Dying Story Then Originally Film Streets

Do you remember a scene with Ryan and Ali playing in the snow? Well, that was improvised. Arthur Hiller

You Remember Ali Scene Well Snow Improvised Playing

We cut a few corners and brought the picture in under budget by $25,000, so Paramount let us go back to Boston with a small crew to shoot some additional footage. Arthur Hiller

Picture Few Crew Corners Back Additional Paramount Some Brought Small Boston Footage Budget Go Shoot Cut Us Let Us

We'd be working in our motel room through the night, and I'd come up with an idea at two in the morning, and he'd start jumping up and down, pacing across the room, or whatever. Arthur Hiller

Morning Whatever Down Our Through He Idea Come Motel Up Up And Down Jumping Pacing Room Working Across Start Night Two

'400 Blows' was so much like my own childhood, it really stunned me. Arthur Penn

Me Own My Own Like Stunned Blows Childhood Much Really

I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British. Arthur Penn

I believe, and this is perhaps too nationalistic a view, that the American style of acting puts actors quickly in touch with each other, so that their continuous presence in a company, as in England, is not absolutely necessary. Arthur Penn

Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken. Asghar Farhadi

War Good Good And Evil Battle Matter Evil Side Classical Wins Between Still Tragedy Heartbroken Modern Wanted Which Victorious Defeated

I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions. Asghar Farhadi

Would Atmosphere Restrictions Had Narrative Same Regardless

The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself. Asghar Farhadi

Individual Itself Bigger Confrontation

There are those who simply want to live their lives, and feel they cannot live the way they want to in Iran. Others are ideologically motivated: They will stay no matter what and try to change things. Asghar Farhadi

Change Matter Try Will Live Change Things Others Way Those Stay Simply Feel Motivated Iran Want Cannot Who Lives Things

It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us. Asghar Farhadi

You Benefits Politicians Differences Our East See Similar More Emphasize Between Because Makes How Audiences Been West Cultures Than Interesting Them Realize Us Actually

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