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Whether We Like It Or Not, The Modernity Is Something That Comes From Western Countries, And When The Modernity Comes To The Eastern Countries, Although They Feel Like They Really Need It, At The Same Time It Shakes The Very Fundament Of The Culture - There Is Always This Challenge Between The Two.

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.

I Gained A Great Deal From The Period During Which I Worked In Theater And I Value Those Things A Great Deal.

Iranian Filmmakers Are Not Passive. They Fight Whenever They Can, As Creative Expression Means A Lot To Them. The Restrictions And Censorship In Iran Are A Bit Like The British Weather: One Day It's Sunny, The Next Day It's Raining. You Just Have To Hope You Walk Out Into The Sunshine.

We Always Have The Movies That Are More Toward Real Life, But They Don't Have That Much Drama Or Suspense, Or We Have The Full Of Drama Or Suspense, But They're Far Away From Real Life. Always When I Was Watching A Film, Films With Good Drama, I Was Thinking, "i Wish They Were More Close To Real Life." But When I Was Watching Real Life Films I Was Thinking, "well I Wish It Had More Drama." I've Tried, In The Movies That I Worked So Far, To Get These Two Things Closer And Closer To Each Other.