Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken.
Asghar FarhadiWhen we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
Asghar FarhadiI think that theater is the closest medium to music. It's very pure. It's for the elite of the society. It's not for everyone in the society.
Asghar FarhadiThe fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an opposite purpose which is to remove them from the emotional space and allow them to enter a space of thinking, because I believe that when the audience is watching the film they're watching it with their feelings.
Asghar Farhadi