The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
AKIRA KUROSAWAThe films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn’t have planned.
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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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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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A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
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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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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they’ve been given.
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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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My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something.
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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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Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.
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One of techniques of modern art is simplification, and that I must therefore simplify this film.
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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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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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