Something Like An Autobiography

by Akira Kurosawa

Their lyrics are open-hearted, their melodies simple, and they describe their events with surprising directness and precise fidelity—no unnecessary sentiments are tacked on. In later years I told my assistant directors that this was exactly what movie continuity (the shooting script) should be like.

“The seasons could be determined from nothing more than the sound of the leaves on the trees in the forest.”