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The Reading Machine
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The Reading Machine

1977
Directed byShūji Terayama
0h 22m

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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Momo YaguchiTakeshi WakamatsuKeiko NiitakaToshihiko Hino
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