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?
AKIRA KUROSAWATo be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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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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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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