“I don't really have a problem saying good-bye to things. All things come to an end.” Quote by Jack Nicklaus
“It was important to me to make a film where I don't show the past but where the spectators can see the past.” ImportantShowsPastFilmSpectators Author:Asghar Farhadi
“In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.” PeopleWorldSpeakTalkingOpinion Author:Asghar Farhadi
“African films should be thought of as offering as many different points of view as the film of any other different continent. Nobody would say that French film is all European film, or Italian film is all European film. And in the same way that those places have different filmmakers that speak to different issues, all the countries in Africa have that too.” WayShouldDifferentCountryFilmSpeakViewsIssuesPoint Of ViewFilmmakerItalianOfferingContinentsDifferent Points Of View Author:Elvis Mitchell
“I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.” WritingImagineHappeningsCarefulViewers Author:Asghar Farhadi
“I think if some people know anything about African cinema it's something like the The Gods Must Be Crazy, which is such an awful, condescending movie that debases African participation, and anything I can do to shift that and draw attention to rich and widely varied films that come from there- because there's all kinds of filmmakers from Senegal, you have Mambety, and Haroun with Grigris.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindI CanFilmCan DoAttentionRichCrazyDrawsAll KindsAwfulCinemaFilmmakerParticipationBeing CrazyCondescending Author:Elvis Mitchell
“There's so many great films coming out. It's still kind of astonishing to me how certain films get ignored, and that film ended up getting ignored and didn't get the attention that it deserved at Sundance.” KindStillsFilmCertainAttentionComing OutIgnoredAstonishingGreat FilmSundance Author:Elvis Mitchell
“I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists I mean the ability to constantly change the trajectory of the story.” NeedsMeanStoriesAbilityDramaStorytellingTwistsTrajectory Author:Asghar Farhadi
“I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against that, I've created a twist. In fact it becomes a kind of game with the expectations of the viewer. This is the superficial appearance. In the layer beneath there is a hidden theme. The result of each twist is that the judgment of the audience member is challenged.” IfsFeelsKindMomentsFactsFilmGamesResultsAudienceMembersJudgmentExpectationsAppearanceThemeLayersSuperficialViewersTwists Author:Asghar Farhadi
“Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed on them. I want the actors to feel that this is their own role, and that they can go back to point zero and develop this character.” WantFeelsWritingCharacterMightActorsRolesDangerZeroFiniteScreenplays Author:Asghar Farhadi
“I always tell people go see something you don't know about. Something you didn't read a ton about on the internet. Something that you don't know what's going to happen because I think that kind of pleasure of finding something new and discovering it, creates a hunger in you.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindHappensPleasureInternetFindingsHungerSomething NewDiscovering Author:Elvis Mitchell