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Jointed Film

Imai Norio | Japan | 1973 | 20' |

| IFFR 2017

The film version of his Severed Film installation, Imai Norio’s found-footage film is a collage made from discarded 16mm film he collected from a local television station. Ranging in subject from samurais to local news, the random assortment of images call our attention to film as material.

All Short films at IFFR 2017

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En (Circle)
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Floor
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On Air
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Pizza Time
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Time in Square
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