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.
AKIRA KUROSAWASomething that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages.
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The great appeal of film is its relatability.
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The terrible thing is that people who are madmen in private may wear a totally bland and innocent expression in public.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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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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Page 61: No matter where I go in the world, although I can’t speak any foreign language.
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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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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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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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Human beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
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It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.
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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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Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one.
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It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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