For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhat nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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