While Andy Warhol chose the Campbell’s soup can, Idemitsu Mako opted for the cup noodle. Playfully ridiculing the reverence of everyday objects in pop art, the film shows the packaged contents of a cup noodle product fade in and out of the sky.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 1975
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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