It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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