If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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