When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThey 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this 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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