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In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.

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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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A movie is about human beings, about humanity.
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This was pointed out to me by somebody who referred to the paintings of Rembrandt and his use of light: some elements are highlighted while others are obscured or even pushed back into the dark. And it's something that we do - we bring out elements that we want to emphasise.
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I didn't just see myself as a film director here [in Life And Nothing More], but also as an observer of people who had been condemned to death.
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I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.
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Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
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I think it was [Jean-Luc] Godard who said that life is nothing but a bad copy of film, but then our ambition must be to make better films and better shapes of forms that are given in life.
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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 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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There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.
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I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.
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Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it.
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As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.
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