Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadi
Asghar Farhadiis an internationally, critically acclaimed Iranian film director and screenwriter. Among many other awards, he has received a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for his movie A Separation. He was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world by Time magazine in 2012...
NationalityIranian
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 May 1972
thinking people creative
There is no privilege in restriction. In other words, I disagree with people who say restriction makes you more creative. I think that's a misleading slogan. I might have been more creative without them than with them.
talking people world
In my opinion when you speak about relationships between people, you are actually talking about everything in their world because everything is contained in that relationship.
writing imagine careful
I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.
drama mean stories
I like storytelling, and for storytelling you need a drama. And for there to be drama, you need twists, and by twists I mean the ability to constantly change the trajectory of the story.
games expectations layers
I always feel that a viewer has an expectation about every moment of the film and where it's going, so if I act against that, I've created a twist. In fact it becomes a kind of game with the expectations of the viewer. This is the superficial appearance. In the layer beneath there is a hidden theme. The result of each twist is that the judgment of the audience member is challenged.
zero character writing
Because I write the screenplay entirely and precisely, there is the danger that an actor might feel that this finite role is being imposed on them. I want the actors to feel that this is their own role, and that they can go back to point zero and develop this character.
drama theater valuable
When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.
thinking past years
I like storytelling movies and more than that I like historical movies; and I think someday I'll definitely make a movie about the past 50 years history.
country mean thinking
I prefer to stay in my country. But this doesn't mean if someone does want to leave Iran, I think they've done something wrong - the desire to leave is completely understandable.
daughter blessing two
One of the biggest blessings in my life is that I have a very wonderful family, a lovely wife and two lovely daughters.
issues self moral
When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.
emotional credit want
Often times, music is used to evoke an emotion and it's become a cliche, so I don't want to do that, and actually what I do, is that emotional intensity that has developed throughout the film, I allow it to get released by having that music at the end with the credits.
writing thinking want
When I decide to write a story, I don't think too much about what I want it to be, I just let things come naturally and this is how it turns out. It's just how my subconscious works.
mistake smart character
It's a mistake and misconception to think that one has to state everything clearly and simply for the audience to be able to follow the character, and this is what is bringing American cinema down from its position in the classic golden period. There's this misapprehension that the audience is not smart.