Alfred hitchcock Quote by Genndy Tartakovsky

I love the way the long scenes feel - one of the characteristics of '70s filmmaking is that you don't cut around a lot;…

— Genndy Tartakovsky

I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.

— Ted Demme

I'm a huge fan of Akira Kurosawa, a big Hitchcock fan.

— Jennifer Lynch

For many years, my favorite director has been the Japanese giant Akira Kurosawa.

— Henry Rollins

I was influenced by American movies of the '60s and '70s, especially Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry' and the films of Sam Peckinpah. And, of…

— Shinichiro Watanabe

I admire Akira Kurosawa. I have a deep admiration for him and I would love to make films like that.

— Takashi Miike

I always loved samurai movies, and I wanted to incorporate that whole level of elegance and just the code of the samurai to 'Conan.'

— Jason Momoa

Before I go off and direct a movie I always look at 4 films. They tend to be: The Seven Samurai, Lawrence of Arabia,…

— Steven Spielberg

As a Western, 'The Magnificent Seven' was a pretty good film. I don't think it was as interesting or as multi-faceted as 'Seven Samurai.'

— George Lucas

Even if I were to try to imitate Kurosawa I know that it's absolutely impossible. That era of film was just something else, including…

— Takashi Miike

I am a big fan of movies from the '70s.

— Chris Messina

Samurai films, like westerns, need not be familiar genre stories. They can expand to contain stories of ethical challenges and human tragedy.

— Roger Ebert