Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a person you are.
The style depends on the subject. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The style depends on the subject.
- Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves.
When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs … - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs …
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a … - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a …
I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me.
I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; fo… - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; fo…
But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.
When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 bo… - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 bo…
Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. - Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity.
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