The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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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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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 characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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