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 KUROSAWAIn 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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied… That’s why they can keep on working.
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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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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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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.
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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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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While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.
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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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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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