As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.
Abbas KiarostamiI saw this French woman, this English man in Italy. It was a film [Certified Copy] I knew well, but I had already seen it, and I was familiar with it, and I had no feeling of anxiety or responsibility toward it.
Abbas KiarostamiClose-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.
Abbas KiarostamiGood cinema is what we can believe and bad cinema is what we can't believe. What you see and believe in is very much what I'm interested in.
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