“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
“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
“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.” NeedsFilmGrowsTreeFlowerBearsProjectsRootsFruitScriptsNurture Book:Something Like An Autobiography Source: Something Like An Autobiography
“When I start on a film I always have a number of ideas about my project. Then one of them begins to germinate, to sprout, and it is this, which I take and work with. My films come from my need to say a particular thing at a particular time. The beginning of any film for me is this need to express something. It is to make it nurture and grow that I write my script- it is directing it that makes my tree blossom and bear fruit.” NeedsWritingIdeasFilmGrowsNumbersTreeParticularBearsProjectsFruitScriptsNurtureSprouts Author:Akira Kurosawa
