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 KUROSAWAMan is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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