Shift

Japan

1982

8 Min

Color

None

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One of Matsumoto’s last shorts, Shift is also among his most impressive works. Through the use of what was at the time state-of-the-art video technology, Matsumoto decomposes a residential building in horizontal stripes, thus tearing down its balance and symmetry. The tense and sombre electronic drones of Inagaki, frequent collaborator of the director, provide Matsumoto’s puzzle-like graphics with a further layer of unrest: strategies against architecture for a pivotal piece in experimental film-making of the 80s. —thesoundofeye.blogspot.com

Director

Toshio Matsumoto

Toshio Matsumoto (born March 25, 1932) is a Japanese film director and video artist. He was born in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and graduated from Tokyo University in 1955.

His first short was Ginrin, which he made in 1955, however his most famous film is Funeral Parade of Roses (Bara no soretsu). Funeral Parade of Roses influenced Stanley Kubrick’s film A Clockwork Orange heavily. The film was a retelling of Oedipus Rex, featuring a transsexual (portrayed by Peter) trying to move up in the world of the Japanese gay bars.

Matsumoto has published many books of photography and is currently a professor and Dean of Arts at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. He was also the President of the Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences. —Wikipedia

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Janek Taveira

24Feb13

curta de sabado à noite.....

Sefer Taslı Sapık

10Jan13

Helal dayıma.

Dafnias

4Dec12

A challenge for your senses.

SAYONARA BUNKA!! (Formerly Corbeau)

3Jun11

The longer the film goes on and the more unhinged the effects become, the less and less apparent the camera becomes. And that isn't in a good, 'breaking-free' sense, it's a vision of near total removal of anything organic in filmmaking. Sorry for the rant.