I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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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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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.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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 role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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