I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
AKIRA KUROSAWAA truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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 don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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 believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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.’
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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 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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