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When an author pens a novel, it often begins as a film in their own mind. The images run across the screen of their imagination, characters grow and develop and it is the writers job to document what they see. Granted not all writing is so cut and dried, sometimes the process is even more reality based. Take Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story.
Of course I love Kurosawa’s films and I’ve seen them many, many times, and in terms of how he structures images, I am very influenced by that. But as far as films go, I’ve seen so many movies, and honestly, I’ve seen a lot more American Hollywood films than Japanese films. And because I’ve seen so many, it’s hard to pick out just one – I’ve been influenced by all of them.