The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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.
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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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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 am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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