Metastasis (1971)
- Directed by
- Toshio Matsumoto
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 8 min
- Rating
- 5.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A simple object is filmed and then processed through an electronic device that alters its image into an abstract shape. The film shows this transformation happening in a rhythmic pattern, turning the original object into an organic-looking moving texture.
experimentalabstractrhythmicscientificlayeredorganicvisually intensenon-narrative
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The Long Bodies (1947)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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