“Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to think about how to go about making the film.” ThinkingWayMadeFilmParticularTime To Think Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.” MadeRealCharacterFilmActorsParticularInvolved Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I think it [Trouble In Mind] was the only time Divine didn't appear in drag, or certainly one of the few times, anyway. Alan created a time and place that was no time and no place, so it was not identifiable with any particular period or any particular city or any particular country, for that matter. I mean, everybody spoke English, but that was about it. So you couldn't pigeonhole that film.” ThinkingMindMeanCountryMatterFilmCitiesTroubleDivineParticularPeriodsSpokesDragOnly Time Author:Keith Carradine