That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
AKIRA KUROSAWAA film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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