Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

Animation is manipulating the difference.

And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

The process of art evolving is always one which has fascinated me.

I like black and white films. I don't exactly know why - probably because there is a stylization which is removed from actual life, unlike a color film.

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.