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.’
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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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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What 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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that 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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
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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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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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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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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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