Akira Kurosawa’s Advice for Young People Who Want to Become Directors: “The best thing is to write screenplays. This is basic to filmmaking, because an excellent screenplay can become an excellent film even in the hands of a third-rate director: a bad screenplay, however, could never become an excellent film even if made by a first-rate director. Therefore, you have to realize the importance of screenplays…” The full text is available for our subscribers Ran (1985), directed by Akira Kurosawa |