Mr. Sakurai at a Ticket Counter has a clear 8mm aesthetic and spontaneity. An experimental mini road movie stressing the ‘movie’, because it regularly stops for short camera exercises. With a single-frame technique, architectural objects are ‘scanned’ in space.
Also in this combined programme
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Scene 32
Shot at the endless salt flats of Kutch, India. Using a mix of film techniques, the maker paints a new landscape. -
Restauratiewagens
Empty interiors of dining cars, shot on Super-8, rock through the landscape, like a rolling time capsule. -
Chorus
Three cities by night become one in this layered Super-8 evocation by prolific film maker Paul Clipson. Music by Gregg Kowalsky. -
Reflection
Moving sunlight on a white gallery wall is fixed in paint. Gradually, a complex and colourful wall painting emerges. -
Trace(s)
In the wake of Noah’s Ark, we travel from Istanbul to Mount Ararat. The animals are our guide.
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV PAL
