For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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