Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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 films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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