He is so not a horrible person though he does lots of "horror" movies !!!

Yeah

he is so passionate about cinema and so generous of his peers

I love how he goes in-depth about his films and even other modern director's films. I was so glad to see him back to interviewing filmmakers lately and how much he appreciates films from all over the world.

Sad his movies are bad/don't make any money

It's a variation on what a film teacher I knew said twenty years ago: "you look down when watching a TV screen, but need to look up to see the cinema." Or, the difference Marshall McLuhan noted between a cold medium and a hot one.

amazing

"Writing what you know" isn't just about writing from your personal experience (though that is a big part since the most personal stories are often the best ones) it's about learning new things to write about. In the end, it all depends on whether you truly believe in the story that you're writing.

Espero todo salga bien. Tienes que escribir las maravillas que salgan de tu interior. Voy a poner en práctica lo que dijo Del Toro. Había escuchado por ahí que Alex Garland leyó el libro de Annihilation y que a partir de sus recuerdos y sus sentires escribió el guión visualizando lo que había visualizado cuando lo leyó, para así darle su propia perspectiva. Siento que te ayudará mucho. Escribe siempre que te nazca.

What's your favorite book?

@@maxsilbert ‘a wrinkle in time’ which was completely butchered by Ava duvernay.

And Jane!

Epic absolutely so

Campion from NZ too

And Branagh UK. So it's only one American, yes?

It's crazy. Six different directors from six different countries. Considering it's built around an American system to begin with it's very diverse.

Where's that episode? I can't find it

@@wathsi99 hasn't been released yet

@Avi yes whre is steven ?

You CAN have it all because the DGA did a discussion with all the heavy hitters kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMuAnM91truRaKc.html

masters master

A Separation is a masterpiece

absolutely

Did you know that Asghar Farhadi movie ( A Hero ) was copied from one of his student's documentary ( All Winners, All Losers ) - by Azadeh Masihzadeh. That famous smile is actually real In this documentary, It is not true that Farhadi saw it on his daughter’s face . m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j5xmgKidtr7ZpHU.html

Absolutely and utterly brilliant

I know as well…you can tell he feels the same way.

Hes so nice

I also love that that's just a literal description of certain scenes in Belfast.

the pride of Iran

My favorite director...one and only

Hello sir. Do you know what religion mr farhadi is? Can’t find that info anywhere. It will not affect my opinion of him, I’m just genuinely curious!

Iran has the best lollies ever and all the Persians are incredibly beautiful and I find generally very kind spirited. Love from an Australian

@@poopstainhotdog1 Muslim

Yes indeed.

So true

I wish Farhadi was as empathetic of a character as his films are. Such a waste of talent and sad to see him here.

Second this!

A conversation between people who speak different languages is very difficult to do. Unless they wanna bring a translator that speaks every language.

Yes... Please, bring in Hamaguchi, Sorrentino and Trier

@@RB-.- all of them except for Ryusuke Hamaguchi have made english features, so i don't think it would be that hard tho

i hope they include uwe boll

Pedro's his padrino, after all.

Only Guillermo would make a comparison like that

hopefully....i loved going to movie theatres, especially the older theatres i went to as a kid with my mates....sadly those theatres have been demoloished or replaced but todays theatres are still worthwhile going too, alot more spacious and comfortable anyway......it was fun to escape reality for a few hours and get lost in watching a movie ......but i think technology has changed it some what with streaming services and the big killer...the internet.....im not complaining i stream hardout as its just easier.... but yeah i get what you mean.

A talented filmmaker, but a terrible human being.

@@statcous Why is he terrible human?

@@anchalkumar8224 Around the time he made "The Past", he partly moved abroad to work in France or Spain because of the limitations in Iran (and also the censorship). His first completely foreign film "Everybody Knows" shot in Spain turned out quite disappointing and he was too scared to ruin his reputation. So he moved back to Iran, and at this point in time Iran had become an absolute hellhole. You can look up the sanctions set in motion by the US in 2018-2019. Although Farhadi's films have always been timely social commentaries, this time he opted to cooperate with the bloodthirsty dictatorship in Iran so that they would let him make films in his home country again. So he chose to close his eyes and shut his mouth and do everything to protect his global reputation. "A Hero" is a film partly shot at a prison where political prisoners where held and executed. He portrayed the country as if nothing special was happening and like life had been going on as usual. All because of his selfishness. Because he wanted to hold onto his seat at the Oscars and places like this roundtable. I replied to more comments yesterday, but Hollywood reporter chose to delete all of them except for this one. At least I'm letting one person know who he really is.

@@statcous If you would be on his place, you'd end up doing the same. He is not wrong in my opinion.

All the best mate!!

Hope you get there. PS. Cast me as extra 😅

He's a young guy. He'll be there eventually.

Haha! Right

And Denis Villeneuve

And Sean Baker.

Guadalajara represent

Del Toro is the GOAT

@@diegom-a7970 Just like Meryl 🤣

Well, she is about to win the Oscar for Best Director so, of course, she belongs here.