The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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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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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.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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