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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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