I Think That If You're A Digital

Using Non-actors Has Its Own Rules And Really Requires That You Allow Them To Do Their Own Thing.

The Only Thing That I Can Do Is Hold A Mirror In Front Of Men And Women, In Front Of The Viewer In The Theater, To Reflect. There Is Nothing But Reflection That I Could Intend To Offer The Viewer Of The Film.

Those Same People, When They Leave The Theater, When They Look Behind The Curtains They Are Curious About Their Neighbors, They Can Guess If Their Neighbors Are Siblings Or A Couple, How Old They Are, What Their Occupation Is. They Are Curious About Each Other And They Can Understand Each Other Without Being Fed Information. Why Should It Be Different In Cinema?

I Often Say To My Students In Workshops That If They Are Trying To Find Literary Inspiration, They Should Not Go And Read Novels, Because Novels Are More Appropriate For Series. Where As They Should Read Short Stories - That's The Right Format For You To Be Able To Actually Display The Narrative In A Film.

The [iranian] Government Grapples With More Important Issues And We Can Maybe Say That These Films Don't Really Exist For Them. It's Not About Whether They Like It Or Don't; It's Just Not Very Important To Them.