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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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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For me, filmmaking combines everything. That’s the reason I’ve made cinema my life’s work. In films, painting and literature, theatre and music come together. But a film is still a film.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.
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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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