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A film should appeal to sophisticated, profound-thinking people while at the same time entertaining simplistic people. A truly good movie is really enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it. A truly good movie is interesting and easy to understand.

— Akira Kurosawa

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There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

Something Like an Autobiography (1981)

Egoism is a sin the human being carries with him from birth; it is the most difficult to redeem.

Human beings are unable to be honest with themselves about themselves. They cannot talk about themselves without embellishing.

I like silent pictures and I always have. They are often so much more beautiful than sound pictures are. Perhaps they had to be.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane!

Ran (1985)

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