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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAFor truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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 suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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