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There are certainties in existence, but love is something much harder to define than light and dark, life and death. I think saying you are like someone in love sounds right.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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In this type of cinema, whether working with actors or non-actors, as much as you do direct them, if you allow yourself to be directed by them, then the end result will be much more pleasing. The real and individual strengths of the actors is allowed to be expressed and is something that does affect the audience very deeply.
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I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
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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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Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
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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 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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I did not have a script [of Close Up]. I made notes in the evenings and we filmed during the day over 40 days.I didn't sleep a wink for those 40 nights. I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.
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I am still very surprised that I managed to make that film [Close Up]. When I actually look back on that film, I really feel that I was not the director but instead just a member of the audience.
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A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.
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It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.
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I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.
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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.
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