“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.” PeopleTryingBelieveRealCharacterFilmGivenI BelieveAbilityHeroHonestlyReal Heroes Author:Akira Kurosawa
“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. When it is very well expressed, one experiences a particularly deep emotion while watching that film. I believe that it is this quality that draws people to come and see a film, and that it is the hope of attaining this quality that inspires the filmmaker to make his film in the first place.” PeopleFirstsBelieveWellsMightFilmMovingI BelieveEmotionQualityInspireDrawsFilmmakerCinematicDeep Emotions 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
“Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation to the descriptive passages of a screenplay is the most dangerous trap you can fall into. It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.” ShouldBelieveHardStatesPlayMomentsCharacterFactsActionFallI BelieveEasyDifficultDealsNovelStudyImpossibleDangerousParticularScriptsDialoguePsychologicalExplanationPassagesDelicateTrapsDetectivesScreenplaysNuance Author:Akira Kurosawa
