There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAPeople 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 Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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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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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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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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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 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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never 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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