I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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 believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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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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