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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAA truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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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 like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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