・(Previous text omitted) …So, you see, Kurosawa-san would spend his free time with us assistant directors, messing around with costumes and stuff. And when he did that, Kuro-san looked like he was having such a good time… And then, he’d just casually tell us all sorts of things. You know, do you know what Japanese films are missing?… It’s a sense of the seasons. Japanese films lack a sense of the seasons.
・”Reporters always ask me what the content of my film is and I tell them that there is no such a thing. I say ordinary things. A film is not supposed to be a lecture” Akira Kurosawa ~ Rashomon
・Making movies isn’t like a vending machine where you just put in coins and get a product… You have to shoot each scene carefully, piece by piece, and it’s only through that accumulation that it somehow comes together in the end…
・Making movies is tough, you know. Think about climbing a mountain. If you just stare at the summit from the start, it’ll feel unbearably hard… You gotta look at your feet, take each step firmly, and climb up, passing the second station, the third station… Then before you know it, you’re at the top… You can’t just keep staring at the summit from the very beginning.
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