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.
AKIRA KUROSAWADuring the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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