The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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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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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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