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 KUROSAWAIn a mad world only the mad are sane.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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