There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThere 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.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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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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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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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 like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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