Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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 simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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