Overview
The early sixteenth-century Japanese garden in the Zen temple of Ryoan-ji, in Kyoto, is considered a masterpiece of the karesansui or "dry landscape" style... In this film, the viewer is invited to experience the garden as an embodiment of ma, a Japanese concept that conveys both time and space... The aesthetic of the film is the message, it has the quality of an experimental film, a conceptual film-an artwork in itself. Good balance of music/visuals/titles. If not as compelling for some viewers as for others, still rated as very effective. Makes one want to visit the actual garden and experience its spiritual energy. – Art on Screen
Year 1989
Studio The Program for Art on Film
Director Takahiko Iimura
Crew Arata Isozaki (Writer), Gongen Nakaoka (Lighting Director), Susan Brockman (Editor), Hideo Kondo (Director of Photography), Takahiko Iimura (Director), Takahiko Iimura (Writer)
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