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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThat is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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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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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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