I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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 have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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