Abbas Kiarostami Quotes About Culture

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  • In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.

  • When the film [Certified Copy] was in the Cannes Festival, I realized that the fact of having it shot in a different culture, in a different language, in a different setting, that wasn't mine and that I didn't belong to, gave me a totally different relationship to the film. When I was sitting in the audience during the official screening in Cannes, I didn't feel that it was my film.

    Interview with Sam Adams, www.avclub.com. March 17, 2011.
  • As film-makers, it is very important for us to find common ground between cultures, and maybe that's less the case for politicians who benefit more from finding the conflicts and differences between us.

    Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
  • I wasn't searching for a common denominator - I started wondering about the challenge of working in other cultures. What I reached was the sudden acknowledgment of the universal aspect of filmmaking.

    "They Should Be Grateful: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami". Interview with Zachary Wigon, filmmakermagazine.com. February 13, 2013.
  • Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

    Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.
  • We are nothing but a link between our culture and what we can actually produce.

    "They Should Be Grateful: An Interview with Abbas Kiarostami". Interview with Zachary Wigon, filmmakermagazine.com. February 13, 2013.
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Abbas Kiarostami

  • Born: June 22, 1940
  • Died: July 4, 2016
  • Occupation: Film director