The Song of Stone

(1963)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 1963

Runtime: 24 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 松本俊夫

Plot

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.