The Song of Stone
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| Release Date | 1963-02-01 |
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| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Stars | |
| Directors | Toshio Matsumoto, Y. Ernest Satow, Kuniharu Akiyama, Junosuke Okuyama, Masayuki Nagare |
| Release Date | 1963-02-01 |
|---|---|
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Genres | Documentary |
| Stars | |
| Directors | Toshio Matsumoto, Y. Ernest Satow, Kuniharu Akiyama, Junosuke Okuyama, Masayuki Nagare |
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.
