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.
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?
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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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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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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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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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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