To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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