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…
AKIRA KUROSAWAAdding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.
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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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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 believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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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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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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That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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