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Abbas Kiarostami
6 quotes
“To be international, you have to first be local. ... When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: http://nofilmschool.com/2016/07/abbas-kiarostami-death-cinema-lessons
“The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jun/13/abbas-kiarostami-film
“I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/tehranbureau/2009/01/a-conversation-with-kiarostami.html
“Believe me, 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. Because the film made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/apr/28/hayfilmfestival2005.guardianhayfestival
“My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated. 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. I'm not claiming or denying that I have done such a thing but I do believe in [[Robert Bresson|[Robert] Bresson]]'s method of creation through omission, not through addition.”
Abbas Kiarostami (1940–2016) first seen 2005 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/apr/28/hayfilmfestival2005.guardianhayfestival