For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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 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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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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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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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 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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