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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf 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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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