“The film is ambiguous, an ambiguity that reflects on Japan today, and a world in which nothing is clear. Once I made the film [Takeshis'], I realized it was about this feeling of vague disquiet in Japan and in the rest of the world, a feeling that is gaining on us, getting less vague.” WorldMadeFeelingsTodayFilmClearI RealizedJapanVagueAmbiguityAmbiguous Author:Takeshi Kitano
“Doing TV shows helps me a lot in my screenplay writing and filmmaking, especially since my TV shows are in different formats: comedy sketches, talk shows, debate programs, art variety shows, quiz shows. These enable me to meet interesting people with interesting stories and to learn about interesting subjects, all of which I can reflect into film.” PeopleWritingArtI CanDifferentHelpingStoriesShowsFilmInterestingComedySubjectsTvsProgramDebateVarietyHelp MeFilmmakingTv ShowsScreenplaysFormatTalk ShowsInteresting StoriesQuizQuiz Show Author:Takeshi Kitano
“Cinema is a composite art into which you can include all conceivable art or entertainment forms. In film, I can work with novelistic elements, comedy, drama, music, and other forms of entertainment. Film is a versatile expression, combining all elements into one art form.” ArtI CanFilmFormComedyExpressionDramaElementsEntertainmentCinemaCombiningVersatileComposites Author:Takeshi Kitano
“In people's minds, I'm a comic, so it took a lot of time before I was recognized as a director. I had to be patient until the public accepted me. As a result, my early films didn't get a lot of attention. As a serious film actor, things didn't take off, either. Only my comic talents were recognized.” PeopleMindFilmActorsResultsAttentionTalentSeriousDirectorsPatientAcceptedComicBe PatientFilm Actors Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I think I am more of a coward than anybody. It's a very weird feeling. The more I fear violence, the more I'm inclined to depict it in films.” ThinkingFeelingsFilmViolenceCowardWeird Feeling Author:Takeshi Kitano
“My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!” Has BeensFilmCareersRepetition Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I believe you shouldn't force the audience's interpretation of a character or a story. The more you explain things, the less intriguing and imaginable they are for viewers. . . . Film to me, in its essence, in its ultimate nature, is silent. Music and dialogue are there to fill what is lacking in the image. But you should be able to tell the story with moving pictures alone. For my next project, though, I'd like to make the kind of film where the characters blabber all the time.” ShouldBelieveKindCharacterStoriesAbleFilmMovingNextForceI BelieveAudienceProjectsEssenceUltimateSilentDialogueCraftsInterpretationLackingViewersIntriguing Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.” WritingFilmComedyPaintingActivityVariousWriting Comedy Author:Takeshi Kitano
“I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.” FilmCoursesHeardLuckyAccidentsGladFestivalsCircuitsFilm Festivals Author:Takeshi Kitano
