People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
AKIRA KUROSAWAA film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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 can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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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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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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