Iranian - Diplomat | February 1, 1969 -
Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.
Bahman Ghobadi
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For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food.
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I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little.
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If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician.
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I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories come to me, and I just record them.
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I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
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I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit.
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When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language.
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It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
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I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut.
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I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
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