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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
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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.
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I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain.
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Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.
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The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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If I do continue to have the opportunity to work in Iran, that's very much what I'd prefer to do.
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I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It would challenge her performance as a professional actress.
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Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran.
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I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.
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As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
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