Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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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 never to avert one’s eyes.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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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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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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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about 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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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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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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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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