A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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 nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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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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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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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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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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