
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.
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石の詩
February 1, 1963
24m
6.5
Toshio Matsumoto
Masayuki Nagare
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