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.
Interpretation
Filmmaking is a synthesis of various art forms, and it has become the author's life’s dedication.
Akira Kurosawa reflects on the essence of filmmaking by stating that it encompasses multiple artistic disciplines such as painting, literature, theatre, and music. He acknowledges that while these forms converge in film, it retains its own unique identity as a distinct art form, which he has committed his life to mastering.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a film festival to emphasize the unity of various artistic expressions in cinema.
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...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. He is still my favourite author, and he is the one - I still think - who writes most honestly about human existence.
I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.
A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.
The role of the artist is to not look away.
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.
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.
Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song.
I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.
Poetry confronts in the most clear-eyed way just those emotions which consciousness wishes to slide by.
I'm not really a songwriter - I'm an interpreter. So in a sense I am an actress first and foremost. I act out the songs, and I lead with my heart.
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.
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