Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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 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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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