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 KUROSAWAAlthough 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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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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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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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 are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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