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AKIRA KUROSAWAHuman beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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 like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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I don’t feel out of place. I think of earth as my home. If everyone thought this way, people might notice just how foolish international friction is and the would be put an end to it.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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