I never say “Action”
I never say “Action” or “Cut.” Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything. Ramin Bahrani
Ramin Bahrani
It’s hard for me
It’s hard for me to say you have to accept that the world is meaningless and the landscape is there before and after. That’s not something we learn much in our culture growing up. Ramin Bahrani
Since Hollywood seems to
Since Hollywood seems to be more interested in people wearing tights and using powers, there seems to be a fertile ground for movies about real human beings. Ramin Bahrani
I believe in the
I believe in the utmost importance of one human being’s actions toward another. This is actually what I believe in. How we handle one another, that’s what makes us feel isolated, feel like outsiders sometimes. These questions are overwhelming. “What do you do in this world?” I believe in that more than anything. Ramin Bahrani
We’re living in a
We’re living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that’s one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don’t think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we’re going to have a … Read more
We’re living in a
We’re living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you’ll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested. Ramin Bahrani
The job of the
The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that. Ramin Bahrani