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
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.
writing thinking world
Whenever I write a part, I think there's this person somewhere in the world that this part is specifically for and all I have to do is go searching to find that particular individual.
thinking issues giving
I feel it’s important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. And these are complex issues. I think it’s insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence.
writing imagine careful
I'm always careful about the thing I'm writing to make sure a viewer can imagine it happening to themselves.
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.
country emotional iran
Each person makes their own choice, but my spirit is meant to stay in Iran, especially with the work that I do, and with the emotional connection I have with the country - with all its difficulties, this is why I stay.
drama everyday events
It's not some big event that creates the drama, it's the little things of everyday life that bring about that drama.
periods theater deals
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.
morality individual source
Is there one specific source that determines correct morality and everybody should follow that? Or should individuals come up with following that source or not depending on their situation?
atmosphere narrative restriction
I would have had the same narrative, regardless of the atmosphere and the restrictions.
children play acting
Working with children is very different than the way in which I work with adults. I never tell the children the actual truth of the thing that I want them to act. Although children are really into play and play acting, and this is a major part of their existence, they never actually find the playing or acting of adults credible.
iran difficult
It's very difficult to talk about religion in Iran because religion has gotten so mixed up with politics.
numbers different angle
Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously.
individual bigger confrontation
The bigger confrontation is the one an individual has with itself.