The Reading Machine
Film
The Reading Machine
2.7197722m
Japan- Director
- Shūji Terayama
- Year
- 1977
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.
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Directed by
Shūji Terayama
Written by
Shūji Terayama
Produced by
Eiko Kujo
