Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhen it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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 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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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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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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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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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’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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