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When i met akira kurosawa in japan, one question he asked me was, "how did you actually make the children act the way they do? i do have children in my films but i find that i reduce and reduce their presence until i have to get rid of them because there's no way that i can direct them." my own thought is that one is very grand, like an emperor on a horse, and it's very hard for a child to relate to that. in order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them.
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When I Met Akira Kurosawa In Japan,

Abbas Kiarostami
When i met akira kurosawa in japan, one question he asked me was, "how did you actually make the children act the way they do? i do have children in my films but i find that i reduce and reduce their presence until i have to get rid of them because there's no way that i can direct them." my own thought is that one is very grand, like an emperor on a horse, and it's very hard for a child to relate to that. in order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them.
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