That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
AKIRA KUROSAWAI believe you must live honestly and develop your abilities to the full. People who do this are the real heroes.
More Akira Kurosawa Quotes
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For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.
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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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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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Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into.
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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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I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.
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Yet pleasure in the work can’t be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive.
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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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If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.
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They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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They don’t know it, but they’re losing nature. They don’t see that they’re going to perish. The most important things for human beings are clean air and clean water.
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There is something that might be called cinematic beauty. It can only be expressed in a film, and it must be present for that film to be a moving work.
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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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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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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