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In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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I think being someone in love is so hard to define, so temporary, because retrospectively we often deny the state in which we were in love.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.
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With the RED, I didn't have this impression at all. I felt that it was as heavy as a film camera. Having this great crew, with the DP and his assistants, I found it making as much of an impression as a very big film camera. I didn't relate to it as much. I remember avoiding it during the shooting rather than paying attention to it.
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I often say to my students in workshops that if they are trying to find literary inspiration, they should not go and read novels, because novels are more appropriate for series. Where as they should read short stories - that's the right format for you to be able to actually display the narrative in a film.
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In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.
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