You Don't Make Pictures For Oscars.

The Term 'giant' Is Used Too Often To Describe Artists. But In The Case Of Akira Kurosawa, We Have One Of The Rare Instances Where The Term Fits.

The Tone Of The Picture And The Atmosphere Was In My Head And In My Blood In A Way Once I'd Decided To Make The Picture. I Had To Find My Way Through That To Choose, Select, Emphasise Certain Visual Elements And Sound.

You've Got To Love Something Enough To Kill It.

It’s Often Overlooked. It’s Labor. That’s At The Heart Of #‎ Collaboration .

One Of The Things Is That The Good Intentions Of Prohibition, From Reading Over The Years And From Becoming Obsessed With The Research Of Gangs In New York City, Seems To Have Allowed Crime Figures At The Time, Like Luciano, Capone, Torrio And Rothstein, To Organize To Become More Powerful, Which Pulled All The Way Through Until The '70s.