Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian · 1940–2016
Iranian master whose deceptively simple films like Taste of Cherry and Close-Up dissolved the boundary between documentary and fiction.
Wikipedia ↗“I think a good film is one that has a lasting power and you start to reconstruct it right after you leave the theatre.”
Persian
“I think a good film is one that has a lasting power and you start to reconstruct it right after you leave the theatre. There are a lot of films that seem to be very good but you forget them the minute you leave the theatre. Other films grow inside you.”
“I prefer the films that put their audience to sleep in the theatre. I think those films are sufficiently brave to allow you an absolutely free association with what you are watching.”
English
“I don't like to engage in explaining my films.”
Persian
“I don't like to engage in explaining my films. I think every spectator can find his own way into a film if given the chance. When you explain, you close doors. When you are silent, you let people open their own doors.”
“We can never get close to the truth except through lying.”
English