3 December 2020 Abbas Kiarostami I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I’m just marketing my work!
3 December 2020 Abbas Kiarostami In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you.
3 December 2020 Abbas Kiarostami I would say that no film is apolitical. There are politics in all films. Any film that is anchored in a society, any film that deals with humanity is necessarily political.
3 December 2020 Abbas Kiarostami Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, ‘Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.’ That’s not valid for people who want to think and reflect.
3 December 2020 Abbas Kiarostami 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.
