Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIn a mad world only the mad are sane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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I like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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