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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.
Akira Kurosawa
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Akira Kurosawa
Age: 88 †
Born: 1910
Born: March 23
Died: 1998
Died: September 6
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Man is a genius when he dreams. Dream what you are capable of. The harder you dream it, the sooner it will come true.
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I suppose all of my films have a common theme. If I think about it, though, the only theme I can think of is really a question: Why can’t people be happier together?
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The characters in my films try to live honestly and make the most of the lives they've been given. 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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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. 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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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
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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. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.
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To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.
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I am not a special person, I am not especially strong I am not especially gifted. I simply do not like to show my weakness, and I hate to lose, so I am a person who tries hard. That's all there is to me.
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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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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... 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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Take me, subtract movies, and you get zero.
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The truth is in the mystery.
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The root of any film project for me is this inner need to express something. 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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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
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I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.
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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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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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The Japanese see self-assertion as immoral and self- sacrifice as the sensible course to take in life.
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If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.
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