In a mad world only the mad are sane.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhat 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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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 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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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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 root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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