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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAMan is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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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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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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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
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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 can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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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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