Sunday Reflection: The Creator And The Work

"Although human beings are incapable of talking about themselves with total honesty, it is much harder to avoid the truth while pretending to be other people. They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself."  Revered Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa (3/23/1910 - 9/6/1998) from his 1981 autobiography "Something Like An Autobiography." 

The director of such classic films as Rashomon, Throne of Blood, Seven Samurai, Kagamusha and Ran, Kurosawa was praised and imitated by such renowned directors as Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick, and George Lucas, who all commonly referred to Kurosawa as one of the greatest directors in cinema. Frances Ford Coppola referred to Kurosawa as "The Master." If you've seen the 1960 version of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Star Wars",  you've indirectly seen "Seven Samurai," and "The Hidden Fortress," such was Kurosawa's influence on movie makers.