In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie.
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People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.
Lying is done with words and also with silence.
A lie should be tried in a place where it will attract the attention of the world.
It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
Camera lies all the time. It's all it does is lie, because when you choose this moment instead of this moment, when you... the moment you've made a choice, you're lying about something larger. 'Lying' is an ugly word. I don't mean lying. But any artist picks and chooses what they want to paint or write about or say. Photographers are the same.
You must know that Iran has a great number of productions. Many films are released. Most of them, like in the rest of the world, are commercial and shallow films. These are the most popular ones. And there are a few ones that actually develop more profound and thoughtful aspects of life. Only some of these films travel out of Iran.
The fact is I'm not making a film in order to draw pictures or make images about Iran.
Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.
I don't think that we necessarily lie. I mean, we make our living by pretending that we're someone else. I don't tell tall tales. I always tell the truth.
Early on, someone had told me, 'You know, the camera can always tell when you're lying.' And, Jesus, that intimidated me. 'The camera can always tell? How am I going to do this?' Until one day I thought, 'Wait a minute, acting is lying. Acting is all about lying.'
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