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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAbut ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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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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 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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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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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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