Mohsen Makhmalbaf

If I make two films in a year, they'll be different. This is my style - I can't have just one way. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a way of expressing themselves. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other time in one's life to be left alone so much to read in peace like that. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the society. But no such films have been made about Afghanistan, so you really can't know much about it. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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I wanted to be left alone to live my life, so it was very easy for people to pretend that they were me. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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