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MA: Space/Time in the Garden of Ryoan-ji (1989)
Directed by Takahiko Iimura
· 16m
The early sixteenth-century Japanese garden in the Zen temple of Ryoan-ji, in Kyoto, is considered a masterpiece of the karesansui or "dry landscape" style... In this film, the viewer is invited to experience the garden as an embodiment of ma, a Japanese concept that conveys both time and space... The aesthetic of the film is the message, it has the quality of an experimental film, a conceptual film-an artwork in itself. Good balance of music/visuals/titles. If not as compelling for some viewers as for others, still rated as very effective. Makes one want to visit the actual garden and experience its spiritual energy. – Art on Screen
Crew
- Director
- Takahiko Iimura
- Writer
- Arata Isozaki, Takahiko Iimura
- Director of Photography
- Hideo Kondo
- Editor
- Susan Brockman
Details
- Release date
- 1989-01-01
- Runtime
- 16m
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- Japan, United States of America
- Production
- The Program for Art on Film