black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.

Related Topics

Being Common Depict Film Directing Human Problem Properly Understood

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Actor Camera Direct Else Focus Gaze Look Rarely Rolling Somewhere
For 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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Cinema Combine Everything Filmmaking Life Made Reason Theatre Together Work
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Create Direct Film Greedy Movie Moving never People Satisfy Thing Think
For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Able Camera Cinematic Cross Expression Fire Microphone Truly Water
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Beginning Come Film Need Particular Something Thing Time
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Certain Creator Itself Nothing Often Reveal Straightforward Themselves World
In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Crazy Depression Insane Mad World
Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Dream Genius Inspire Man
The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Bland Expression Innocent Madmen People Private Public Terrible Thing Totally Wear
To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Artist Away Look Mean never Reality Search
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Complicated Enjoyable Film Good Most Movie One Wrote
The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Been Believe Character Film Great Hero Honesty Live Real
Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Adding Dangerous Descriptive Explanation Fall Into Most Passage Screenplay Tray
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.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Bad Director Expression Film Fire Good Masterpiece Mediocre Passable Producer Real Same Script
To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Art Artist Avert Eye Mean
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Character Matter May Myself Old Still Unformed

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes