When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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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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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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