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?
AKIRA KUROSAWAI like silent pictures and I always have … I wanted to restore some of this beauty. I thought of it, I remember in this way.
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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.
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I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was little I’ve liked Russian literature, but I find that I like Dostoevsky the best and had long thought that this book would make a wonderful 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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