A founding member of Iranian cinema's 1970s New Wave, Amir Naderi made his directorial debut with his 1971 film "Goodbye Friend." Since the 1980s he has been screening his film at festivals around the world, including Venice, Cannes and Sundance.
His latest film, the cinephile cri de coeur "Cut," premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was later shown at Tokyo Filmex. In person at the Shibuya office of "Cut" distributor Bitters End, this 65-year-old veteran was a voluble, impassioned advocate of what his film's masochistic hero calls "real cinema."
Your list of 100 Best Films in "Cut" includes a lot of Japanese films.