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SHADES OF SAFFLOWER-DYED CELLULOID

Benibana no kage iro zome

Directed by Oki Kayako
Japan, 2015
Avant-Garde, Short
  • 1010 minutes

Synopsis

An analog feast for the senses that first shows how safflower is grown, harvested and processed, before applying its seeds and dye directly on the Super 8 material with results that aspire to a yellow-tinted version of a David Gatten film-nature meditation.

Synopsis

An analog feast for the senses that first shows how safflower is grown, harvested and processed, before applying its seeds and dye directly on the Super 8 material with results that aspire to a yellow-tinted version of a David Gatten film-nature meditation.