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Mohsen Makhmalbaf quotes

Iranian Director May 29, 1957

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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
From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf quote: "I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy..."
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
Five years ago, Samira did not want to continue in the regular school system in Iran. To help her with her education, I set up a home school. It wasn't just for my family, it was open to other friends. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I've heard about brothers making films, but I've never heard about whole families making films like this. We didn't intend to do it; it wasn't something that we planned - it just gradually happened. 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 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit. 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; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together. 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 person you are. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan? This business must be stopped. It's a dirty business to produce such a horrible device. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Mohsen Makhmalbaf quote: "If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is..."
If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way. Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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