I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIn 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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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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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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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful film.
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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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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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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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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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