The truth is in the mystery.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIf you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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 have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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