Ātman (1975 film)

Ātman
Directed byToshio Matsumoto
Cinematography
Music byToshi Ichiyanagi[1]
Release date
  • 1975 (1975)
Running time
11 minutes
CountryJapan
A frame from Ātman

Ātman (Japanese: アートマン, Hepburn: Ātoman) is a 1975 Japanese experimental short film directed by Toshio Matsumoto.[2]

Film

The film depicts a figure sitting in an outdoor environment and wearing a robe and a Hannya mask.[3][4] The film features receding and shifting images captured in a frame-by-frame manner; though these shots resemble zooms and pans, they were actually derived from positioning the camera on a series of a points.[4][5]

Reception

In 1978, a writer for the Millennium Film Journal called Ātman "an intricately constructed film", and compared it to Michael Snow's Wavelength (1967) and Hollis Frampton's Travelling Matte (1973).[4]

The techniques Matsumoto used in this film were influential on his student Takashi Ito.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouhours, Jean-Michel (1996). L'art du Mouvement: Collection Cinématographique du Musée National d'Art Moderne, 1919-1996 (in French). Musée National d'Art Moderne. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  2. ^ King, Loren (14 April 2013). "Circle of life". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. N13. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Belina & Kožul 2005, pp. 149: "Maska s dva kratka roga ic zvana Hannya predstavlja ženskoga demona ljubomore i gnjeva, kojeg c se često koristilo u nô drami".
  4. ^ a b c "Millennium Film Journal". Millennium Film Journal. No. 2. 1978. p. 88. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ Belina & Kožul 2005, pp. 149: "Čak i ako se djevojka ne pomiče, vidimo pretjerano kretanje slika na ekranu. Dojam toga pokreta stvoren je kamerom sličicu po sličicu".
  6. ^ Nishijima, Norio (1996). "The Ecstasy of Auto-machines". In Bouhours, Jean-Michel (ed.). L'art du mouvement: Collection cinématographique du Musée national d'art moderne, 1919–1996 (in French). Centre Georges Pompidou. ISBN 978-2858509027. Retrieved 5 May 2022.

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