During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set.
AKIRA KUROSAWAPage 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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