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 artbegincinema Change image and share on social
In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered. Mohsen Makhmalbaf constantlydayfilm share on social
The style depends on the subject. Mohsen Makhmalbaf dependstylesubject Change image and share on social
When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs amputated, and that's where we found them and asked them to come and be part of the film. Mohsen Makhmalbaf amputateaskbegin share on social
The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send them to Afghanistan? This business must be stopped. It's a dirty business to produce such a horrible device. Mohsen Makhmalbaf afghanistanbusinessdevice share on social
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 afghanistanfilmhistory Change image and share on social
I'm not playing myself. It's a symbolic situation, where I want to introduce a fascist behind the table. I couldn't have had anybody else do that; for it to be successful, I had to do it myself. Mohsen Makhmalbaf fascistintroduceplay Change image and share on social
But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan. Mohsen Makhmalbaf afghanistanfilmmake Change image and share on social
In Afghanistan, this is the problem, because everybody holds a piece of that mirror, and they all look at it and claim that they hold the entire truth. Mohsen Makhmalbaf afghanistanclaimentire Change image and share on social
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan. Mohsen Makhmalbaf afghanistanbuddhadestroy Change image and share on social
