The Reading Machine

書見機

In this Borgesian satire on knowledge and technology, bibliophilic desire leads to the construction of a pedal-powered reading machine. Resembling a combination of gymnastic contraption, printing press and early cinematic apparatus, the machine’s purpose remains ambiguous. And like this machine, Terayama’s film connects his work in poetry, motion picture and graphic design by weaving together printed and projected, still and moving images.

Drehbuch

Shūji Terayama

Regie

Shūji Terayama

Status

Veröffentlicht

Veröffentlichung

11/12/1977

Originalsprache

Japanisch