The Day We Run Out Of Petrol

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.

It Is A Very Important Film, Life And Nothing More, In That What Was Filmed Was Inspired By A Journey I Had Made Just Three Days After An Earthquake. And I Speak Not Only Of The Film Itself But Also Of The Experience Of Being In That Place, Where Only Three Days Before 50,000 People Had Died.

In Order To Be Able To Cooperate With A Child, You Have To Come Down To Below Their Level In Order To Communicate With Them. Actors Are Also Like Children.

This [the Earthquake] Was A Very Big Influence On Me, And The Issue Of Life And Death From Then On Does Recur In My Films.

I'm Still Very Grateful To Digital Cameras In General, But I Didn't Have This Feeling With The Red One.