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48 quotes by Abbas Kiarostami

Abbas Kiarostami (Persian: عباس کیارستمی  pronunciation (help·info); born 22 June 1940) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the Koker Trilogy (1987–94), Close-Up (1990), Taste of Cherry (1997) (awarded Palme d'Or at the 1997 Cannes...
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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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Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can... →

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When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in... →

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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 never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself.

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To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level.... →

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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

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Good cinema is what we can believe, and bad cinema is what we can't believe.

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I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is... →

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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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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.

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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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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!

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