If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
AKIRA KUROSAWAAdding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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 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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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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