One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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 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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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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