The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
AKIRA KUROSAWAHe is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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