Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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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I 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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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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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