When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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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 this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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