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. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water. That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.
It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination. - Akira Kurosawa
It is the power of memory that gives rise to the power of imagination.
- Akira Kurosawa
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 scrip… - Akira Kurosawa
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 scrip…
The role of the artist is to not look away. - Akira Kurosawa
The role of the artist is to not look away.
In a mad world only the mad are sane. - Akira Kurosawa
In a mad world only the mad are sane.
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 Russ… - Akira Kurosawa
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 Russ…
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… - Akira Kurosawa
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…
There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself. - Akira Kurosawa
There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.
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. Wha… - Akira Kurosawa
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. Wha…
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself. - Akira Kurosawa
I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.
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