Man Is A Genius When He Is

I Like Silent Pictures And I Always Have ... I Wanted To Restore Some Of This Beauty. I Thought Of It, I Remember In This Way: One Of Techniques Of Modern Art Is Simplification, And That I Must Therefore Simplify This Film.

Take Me, Subtract Movies, And You Get Zero.

Of All My Films, People Wrote To Me Most About This One... ...i Had Wanted To Make The Idiot Long Before Rashomon. Since I Was Little I've Liked Russian Literature, But I Find That I Like Dostoevsky The Best And Had Long Thought That This Book Would Make A Wonderful Film. He Is Still My Favourite Author, And He Is The One - I Still Think - Who Writes Most Honestly About Human Existence.

The Great Appeal Of Film Is Its Relatability.

I Am Not A Special Person, I Am Not Especially Strong; I Am Not Especially Gifted. I Simply Do Not Like To Show My Weakness, And I Hate To Lose, So I Am A Person Who Tries Hard. That's All There Is To Me.