It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow the character, and this is what is bringing American cinema down from its position in the classic golden period. There's this misapprehension that the audience is not smart.
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 constantl… - Asghar Farhadi
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 constantl…
- Asghar Farhadi
The fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an opposite purpose which is to remove them from th… - Asghar Farhadi
The fact that I do place music at the end of my films is not to accentuate the emotion. It serves an opposite purpose which is to remove them from th…
Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is bet… - Asghar Farhadi
Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is bet…
The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself. - Asghar Farhadi
The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.
When I decide to write a story, I don't think too much about what I want it to be, I just let things come naturally and this is how it turns out. It'… - Asghar Farhadi
When I decide to write a story, I don't think too much about what I want it to be, I just let things come naturally and this is how it turns out. It'…
Sometimes we feel like life is like theater, really. - Asghar Farhadi
Sometimes we feel like life is like theater, really.
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. - Asghar Farhadi
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.
It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama. - Asghar Farhadi
It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.
Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what I do, is that emotional intens… - Asghar Farhadi
Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what I do, is that emotional intens…
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