What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhen it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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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