If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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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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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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People today have forgotten they’re really just a part of nature. Yet, they destroy the nature on which our lives depend. They always think they can make something better…
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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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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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If I were to write anything at all, it would turn out to be nothing but talk about movies. In other words, take ‘myself,’ subtract ‘movies,’ and the result is ‘zero.’
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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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In order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality7 that one feels under the surface of things.
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I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That’s all there is to me.
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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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