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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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 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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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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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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