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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMy 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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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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