Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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