The great appeal of film is its relatability.
AKIRA KUROSAWAA film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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The role of the artist is to not 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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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There 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.
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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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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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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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