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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do.
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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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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Movie Substact Take Zero
By doing this I sense instantly when something isn’t right. Watching something does not mean fixing your gaze on it, but being aware of it in a natural way.
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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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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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I’ve been able to work for so long because I think next time, I’ll make something good.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’
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The role of the artist is to not look away.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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Believe Carch Detail Director Eye Mean Minute Scene
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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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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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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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong; I am not especially gifted.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something.
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What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.
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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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Dream Genius Inspire Man
Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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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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Artist Away Find Look Mean never Reality Search
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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
AKIRA KUROSAWA

Adding Dangerous Descriptive Explanation Fall Into Most Passage Screenplay Tray

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