I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.
Abbas KiarostamiI'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one.
Abbas KiarostamiThe kind of sleep that I had during my own film [Certified Copy] screening in Cannes is different. It's not because of the specificity of the film. It was because of my relationship as an author to this film. Usually when I take my films to festivals, I feel incredibly anxious about them. I wonder how it will be received, how the audience will react. I feel deeply responsible for them. Whereas this time, I didn't have that responsibility on my shoulders.
Abbas KiarostamiIt's very true that non-actors feel more comfortable in front of a digital camera, without the lights and the large crowd around them, and we arrive at much more intimate moments with them.
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