28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
Concrete Cinema
director: Makino Takashi
original title: Cinéma Concret
country: Japan, Netherlands
year: 2015
running time: 24 min.
synopsis
Working with the principle of concrete music, the filmmaker layers and meticulously overlays images into such a mightiness that it creates abstract compositions of memories, thus exploring how they progressively change thanks to the selective nature of memory and the possible resolution of the digital medium. The work of Japanese filmmaker and programmer Makino Takashi (1978) is influenced by London’s Brothers Quay, and is marked by an eclectic approach that makes use of video art and a diverse range of cinematic techniques. Takashi sees the image and musical soundtrack as equal components in his work. His film Generator (2012) won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.“The challenge was to start from the concrete, go to the abstract, and then use the abstract to create a concrete abstractness.”
biography
Working with the principle of concrete music, the filmmaker layers and meticulously overlays images into such a mightiness that it creates abstract compositions of memories, thus exploring how they progressively change thanks to the selective nature of memory and the possible resolution of the digital medium. The work of Japanese filmmaker and programmer Makino Takashi (1978) is influenced by London’s Brothers Quay, and is marked by an eclectic approach that makes use of video art and a diverse range of cinematic techniques. Takashi sees the image and musical soundtrack as equal components in his work. His film Generator (2012) won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.more about film
| director: | Makino Takashi |
| producer: | Makino Takashi |
| music: | Rutger Zuydervelt |
