He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
AKIRA KUROSAWAHuman beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people.
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