The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWADuring 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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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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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 to never look away.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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The role of the artist is to not 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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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