Film

La Machine à lire (1977)

• 11 décembre 1977
• 21m

Synopsis

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.

Réalisateur

寺山修司

Scénaristes

寺山修司

Avec

Momo Yaguchi, 若松武史, 新高恵子