To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThat is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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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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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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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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