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 canโt 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.
Akira KurosawaHuman beings share the same common problems. A film can only be understood if it depicts these properly.
Akira KurosawaThe films an audience really enjoys are the ones that were enjoyable in the making. Yet pleasure in the work canโt be achieved unless you know you have put all of your strength into it and have done your best to make it come alive. A film made in this spirit reveals the hearts of the crew.
Akira Kurosawa