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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.

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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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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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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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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