That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt’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.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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 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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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