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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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During 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.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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