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“Every film is political. Most political of all are those that pretend not to
be: 'entertainment' movies. They are the most political films there are
because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell
you everything's fine the way it is. They are a continual advertisement for
things as they are.”
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be: 'entertainment' movies. They are the most political films there are
because they dismiss the possibility of change. In every frame they tell
you everything's fine the way it is. They are a continual advertisement for
things as they are.”
―
“Terayama Shuuji once said “Throw away your books, rally in the streets”.
But back then, I thought — rally in the streets, and then what?”
― 四畳半神話大系
But back then, I thought — rally in the streets, and then what?”
― 四畳半神話大系
“There is nothing more useless than a organ. When you have given him a body without organs, then you will have delivered him from all his automatisms and restored him to his true liberty.”
― Watchfiends and Rack Screams: Works from the Final Period
― Watchfiends and Rack Screams: Works from the Final Period
“I Hear that the Axe has Flowered
I hear that the axe has flowered,
I hear that the place can't be named,
I hear that the bread which looks at him
heals the hanged man,
the bread baked for him by his wife,
I hear that they call life
our only refuge.”
― Selected Poems
I hear that the axe has flowered,
I hear that the place can't be named,
I hear that the bread which looks at him
heals the hanged man,
the bread baked for him by his wife,
I hear that they call life
our only refuge.”
― Selected Poems
“I dislike the manipulation that's necessary to press all the images of a
film into one story; it's very harmful for the images because it tends to
drain them of their 'life'. In the relationship between story and image, I
see the story as a kind of vampire, trying to suck all the blood from an
image. Images are acutely sensitive; like snails they shrink back when you
touch their horns. They don't have it in them to be carthorses: carrying
and transporting messages or significance or intention or a moral. But
that's precisely what a story wants from them.”
―
film into one story; it's very harmful for the images because it tends to
drain them of their 'life'. In the relationship between story and image, I
see the story as a kind of vampire, trying to suck all the blood from an
image. Images are acutely sensitive; like snails they shrink back when you
touch their horns. They don't have it in them to be carthorses: carrying
and transporting messages or significance or intention or a moral. But
that's precisely what a story wants from them.”
―
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