It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
AKIRA KUROSAWA- Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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 to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.
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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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I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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but ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
AKIRA KUROSAWAbut ignorance is a kind of insanity in the human animal. People who delight in torturing defenseless children or tiny creatures are in reality insane.
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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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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?
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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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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.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI 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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
AKIRA KUROSAWAHuman beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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The truth is in the mystery.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe truth is in the mystery.
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The films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
AKIRA KUROSAWAWhile the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
AKIRA KUROSAWAIt is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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