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Abbas Kiarostami
Iranian
June 22, 1940
Director
I am a citizen of the world.
Abbas Kiarostami
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World
Am
I Am
In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Poetry
You
Still
I think I really produce my best work in Iran.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Work
Best
Think
There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Work
Some
Two
I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Really
Them
Keep
Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Very
Much
Film
Cinema seats make people lazy. They expect to be given all the information. But for me, question marks are the punctuation of life.
Abbas Kiarostami
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People
Me
Life
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
Abbas Kiarostami
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More
Than
Made
To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Me
Every
Country
Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Never
Am
I Am
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
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Truth
Our
Us
Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Time
Poetry
You
