The role of the artist is to not look away.
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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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.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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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 can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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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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 great appeal of film is its relatability.
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