The Song of Stone

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1963 · 24 min · Documentary · TMDB 6.5/10

Overview

While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life". This paradox provided Matsumoto with the best metaphor for what making a film is all about. In his opinion, filmmakers work images in the same way that stonecutters work stones.

Directed by Toshio Matsumoto

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