“If you want to be a great director, be a great screenwriter.” IfsWantDirectorsScreenwriters Author:Akira Kurosawa
“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.” PeopleThinkingShouldLongAbleNextActorsDirectorsSatisfiedMovieShould INext TimeGreedyMovie DirectorFilm Directing Author: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 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.” RealAbleFilmWaterFireProduceExpressionDirectorsCrossesCamerasScriptsMediocreMasterpieceMicrophonesCinematicGood FilmsGood DirectorsFilm Directing Author:Akira Kurosawa
“During the shooting of a scene the director’s eye has to catch even the minutest detail. But this does not mean glaring concentratedly at the set. While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else. 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. I believe this is what the medieval Noh playwright and theorist Zeami meant by ‘watching with a detached gaze.’” WayBelieveLooksMeanDoeEyeActorsI BelieveNaturalFocusSceneDirectorsCamerasDetailsShootingFilmmakingRollingSomewhere ElseMedievalPlaywrightFixingDetachedTheoristsNoh Author:Akira Kurosawa
