If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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