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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe great appeal of film is its relatability.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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