I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
AKIRA KUROSAWAFor me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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.’
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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 terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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There 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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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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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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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