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.
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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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