Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere 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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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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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 to never look away.
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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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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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