The role of the artist is to not look away.
AKIRA KUROSAWABy 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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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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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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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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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.
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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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With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.
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I believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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