Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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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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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.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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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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