The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe role of the artist is to not look away.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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