The Better Way Back to the Soil
Nov 18 2017
•0h 8m
•A minimalist prose poem in cinematographic terms, crafted from nothing but the titles of lost movies: The Man Who Disappeared, Somewhere in Politics, Under Two Flags. A black screen, thereon the titles and production dates: that’s all Hirakawa Youki needs to evoke a lost continent.
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